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Research Article

Comparison of complication rates of Hickman® catheters versus peripherally inserted central catheters in patients with acute myeloid leukemia undergoing induction chemotherapy

Ming Y. LimDepartment of Internal Medicine
,
Aref Al-KaliDivision of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine
,
Aneel A. AshraniDivision of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine
,
Kebede H. BegnaDivision of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine
,
Michelle A. ElliottDivision of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine
,
William J. HoganDivision of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine
,
C. Christopher HookDivision of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine
,
Scott H. KaufmannDivision of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine
,
Louis LetendreDivision of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine
,
Mark R. LitzowDivision of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine
,
Mrinal S. PatnaikDivision of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine
,
Animesh PardananiDivision of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine
,
Ayalew TefferiDivision of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine
,
Alexandra P. WolanskyjDivision of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine
,
Diane E. GrillBiomedical Statistics and Informatics, Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, MN, USA
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Rajiv K. PruthiDivision of Hematology, Department of Internal MedicineCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 1263-1267 | Received 05 Jul 2012, Accepted 17 Oct 2012, Published online: 19 Nov 2012

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