Acute hepatic failure in a case of acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 275-279

  Cesur, Salih ^a,c   Topçuoǧlu, Pervin ^b   Aşik, Ozan ^b   Birengel, Serhat ^b   Özcan, Muhit ^b  

^a Refik Saydam Hygiene Center   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Tuberkuloz Ref ve Arastirma Lab   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Hepatic failure; Leukemic infiltration; Liver

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CANCER INVASION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; SEPTICEMIA;

EID: 3543031656     PISSN: 13000144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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