Outpatient treatment of febrile episodes in low-risk neutropenic patients with cancer.

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Published in Cancer on June 01, 1993

Authors

E B Rubenstein1, K Rolston, R S Benjamin, J Loewy, C Escalante, E Manzullo, P Hughes, B Moreland, A Fender, K Kennedy

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1: Department of Medical Specialties, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 77030.

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