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1534. Prevalence and Outcome of Neutropenic Enterocolitis Among Pediatric Acute Myeloid Leukemia Patients: A Developing Country Experience

BACKGROUND: Neutropenic enterocolitis (NEC) is a life-threatening disease with substantial morbidity and mortality, seen primarily in patients with hematologic malignancies. The frequency of NEC has increased with the widespread use of chemotherapeutic agents such as the taxanes, which cause severe...

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Autores principales: Khedr, Reham, Abdelwaged, Mohamed, Fathy, Marwa, Zekri, Wael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6253475/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy210.1362