Neutropenic enterocolitis: A serious complication during the treatment of acute leukemias

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 522-526

  Wach, Malgorzata ^a   Dmoszynska, Anna ^a   Wasik Szczepanek, Ewa ^a   Pozarowski, Andrzej ^a   Drop, Andrzej ^a   Szczepanek, Dariusz ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acute leukemia; Chemotherapy; Neutropenic enterocolitis

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; AMIKACIN; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYTARABINE; EPIRUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUDARABINE; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METOCLOPRAMIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; MITOXANTRONE; NEOSTIGMINE; OMEPRAZOLE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PREDNISONE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VINCRISTINE SULFATE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CECUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON; COLON PERFORATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HUMAN; ILEUM; ILEUM DISEASE; LIVER ABSCESS; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEUTROPENIA; PERITONEAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEPTIC SHOCK; SPLEEN ABSCESS;

EID: 4344623874     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-003-0815-x     Document Type: Review

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