A 19-year-old patient with acute promyelocytic leukemia and knee swelling;19-Jährige patientin mit akuter promyelozytenleukämie und knieschwellung

Internist

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 629-632

  Bock S ^a   Schulz, C ^a   Schulz, C U ^a   Weckbach, S ^a   Hiller, E ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute promyelocytic Leukemia; Geotrichum capitatum; Mycoses; Neutropenia; Opportunistic infections

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CASPOFUNGIN; FLUCYTOSINE; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; GEOTRICHUM CAPITATUM; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT SWELLING; KNEE; MONARTHRITIS; MYELOID LEUKEMIA; NEUTROPENIA; SYNOVECTOMY;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ARTHROPLASTY; FEMALE; GEOTRICHOSIS; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LEUKEMIA, PROMYELOCYTIC, ACUTE;

EID: 33745126692     PISSN: 00209554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00108-006-1611-1     Document Type: Article

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