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Original Article: Clinical

Neutropenic fever and severe sepsis in adult acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients receiving intensive chemotherapy: Causes and consequences

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Pages 495-501 | Received 06 Jul 2007, Accepted 13 Nov 2007, Published online: 01 Jul 2009

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