Fever and neutropenia due to cytomegalovirus infection in a breast cancer patient under chemotherapy: a case report

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Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2010

Erschienen:

2010

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:68

Enthalten in:

Tehran University Medical Journal - 68(2010), 3, Seite 200-204

Sprache:

Persisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ahmadinejad Z [VerfasserIn]
Soleimani AR [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Breast cancer
Cytomegalovirus
Fever
Medicine (General)
Neutropenia

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DOAJ026014246