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Itraconazole is not effective for the prophylaxis of fungal infections in patients with neutropenia

✍ Scribed by Kürşat Kaptan; Ali Uğur Ural; Türker Çetin; Ferit Avcu; Cengiz Beyan; Atilla Yalçin

Publisher
Springer
Year
2003
Tongue
English
Weight
194 KB
Volume
9
Category
Article
ISSN
1341-321X

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