A neutropenic child with a purple lesion on the thigh

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 560-561

  Hansen, Jason P ^a   Kristjansson, Arni K ^a   Stone, Mary S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETOPOSIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; NEUTROPENIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOPUS; SKIN GRAFT; THIGH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BIOPSY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATOMYCOSES; HUMANS; INFARCTION; MALE; NEUROECTODERMAL TUMORS, PRIMITIVE; NEUTROPENIA; RHIZOPUS; SUPRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; THIGH; ZYGOMYCOSIS;

EID: 35448996506     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: 15251470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2007.00522.x     Document Type: Article

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