Pulmonary mucormycosis presenting as fatal massive haemoptysis in a renal transplant recipient.
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Key words: pulmonary mucormycosis; massive disease due to chronic glomerulonephritis a year earlier haemoptysis; diabetes mellitus; renal transplant recipi-and he had received a live related renal transplant ent; bronchial biopsy from his father 6 months ago. In the second week after transplantation he had acute rejection from which he completely recovered following therapy with pulse methylprednisolone. He was doing well until 1 month
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association
دوره 13 12 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1998