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Original Article: Clinical

Brief Report: Practicability and safety of amphotericin B deoxycholate as continuous infusion in neutropenic patients with hematological malignancies

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Pages 1163-1167 | Received 05 Feb 2005, Published online: 03 Aug 2009

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