Retrospective analysis of pediatric cancer patients diagnosed with the pandemic H1N1 influenza infection

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 86-89

  Amayiri, Nisreen ^a   Madanat, Faris ^a  

^a KING HUSSEIN CANCER CENTER   (Jordan)

Author keywords

H1N1 infection; Lymphopenia; Oseltamivir; Pediatric cancer patients

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETOPOSIDE; GEMCITABINE; ISOTRETINOIN; NAVELBINE; OSELTAMIVIR; VINCRISTINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; GERM CELL TUMOR; HEADACHE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HODGKIN DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHINORRHEA; SCHOOL CHILD; SOLID TUMOR; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEVER; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; NEOPLASMS; OSELTAMIVIR; PANDEMICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649648872     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.22805     Document Type: Article

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