Amphotericin B cement beads: A good adjunctive treatment for musculoskeletal mucormycosis

Indian Journal of Orthopaedics

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 369-372

  Arockiaraj, Justin ^a   Balaji, Gopisankar ^a   Ashok, Anand ^a   Kokil, Gautami ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

amphotericin B; cement beads; Skeletal mucormycosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862535593     PISSN: 00195413     EISSN: 19983727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5413.96370     Document Type: Article

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