Aspergillus fumigatus abscesses of the thyroid with obstruction of the esophagus

Thyroid

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 786-788

  Sion, Michael L ^a,b   Armenaka, Melina C ^a   Georgiadis, Ioannis ^a   Paraskevopoulos, Georgios ^a   Nikolaidis, Ioannis ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Department of Internal Medicine ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ABSCESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CASE REPORT; ESOPHAGUS OBSTRUCTION; FATALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MYELODYSPLASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID ABSCESS; THYROID DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABSCESS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; THYROID DISEASES;

EID: 4544250405     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2004.14.786     Document Type: Article

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