Treatment of perianal infection following bone marrow transplantation

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 981-985

  Cohen, Jeffrey S ^a   Benjamin Paz, I ^a   O'Donnell, Margaret R ^a   Ellenhorn, Joshua D I ^a  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone marrow transplantation; Immunosuppression; Perianal disease; Perianal infection

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; INCISION; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MYELOFIBROSIS; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PERIANAL ABSCESS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 9544258377     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02054685     Document Type: Article

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