Treatment of Hepatosplenic Candidiasis with Liposomal Amphotericin B in a Patient with Acute Leukemia; A Case Report of the Experience of Use of Liposomal Amphotericin B
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Treatment of neonatal candidiasis with liposomal amphotericin B.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases
سال: 1998
ISSN: 1884-569X,0387-5911
DOI: 10.11150/kansenshogakuzasshi1970.72.635