Five cases of rhinocerebral mucormycosis

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 161-162

  Cheema, Saeed Ashraf ^a   Amin, Farhat ^b  

^a SERVICES HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Fungal infections; Mucormycosis; Zygomycosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENUCLEATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS; ORBIT EDEMA; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; EYE DISEASES; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASES; MUCORMYCOSIS; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASES;

EID: 33846394754     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2005.06.021     Document Type: Article

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