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Original Article

Vascular Access via Peripherally Inserted Central Venous Catheters (PICCs): Experience in 40 Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia at a Single Institute

Jacob Strahilevitz The Departments of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Disease, Hadassah University Hospital, Ein-Kerem, Jerusalem, Israel
,
Izidore S. Lossos The Departments of Hematology, Hadassah University Hospital, Ein-Kerem, Jerusalem, Israel
,
Anthony Verstandig The Departments of Interventional Radiology, Hadassah University Hospital, Ein-Kerem, Jerusalem, Israel
,
Talia Sasson The Departments of Interventional Radiology, Hadassah University Hospital, Ein-Kerem, Jerusalem, Israel
,
Yitzhak Kori The Departments of Interventional Radiology, Hadassah University Hospital, Ein-Kerem, Jerusalem, Israel
&
Shmuel Gillis The Departments of Hematology, Hadassah University Hospital, Ein-Kerem, Jerusalem, IsraelCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 365-371 | Published online: 01 Jul 2009

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