Pulmonary MRI - A new approach for the evaluation of febrile neutropenic patients with malignancies

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 599-606

  Rieger, C ^a   Herzog, P ^a   Eibel, R ^a   Fiegl, M ^a   Ostermann, H ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

High resolution computed tomography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Malignancy; Neutropenia; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEMALE; FUNGUS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; SARCOMA; SOLID TUMOR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NEUTROPENIA; PNEUMONIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 44349098150     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-007-0346-4     Document Type: Article

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