Cardiac mucormycosis in a child with severe aplastic anemia: A case report

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 433-437

  Şaşmaz, Ilgen ^a   Leblebisatan, Göksel ^a   Antmen, Bülent ^a   Binokay, Figen ^a   Tunali, Nurdan ^a   Kilinç, Yurdanur ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aplastic anemia; Cardiac mucormycosis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; OXYMETHOLONE; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MUCORMYCOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, APLASTIC; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; FATAL OUTCOME; FEVER; HUMANS; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS; NEUTROPENIA; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS;

EID: 33746802762     PISSN: 08880018     EISSN: 15210669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08880010600692138     Document Type: Article

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