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First experience with pentamidine inhalation in human immunodeficiency virus-infected children

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Abbreviations

HIV:

human immunodeficiency virus

PCP:

Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia

TMP-SMX:

trimethoprimsulphamethoxazole

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  1. Department of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology, University Children's Hospital, D-6000, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    W. Kreuz, T. Güngör, M. Funk, R. Linde, S. Ehrenforth, C. Lotz & B. Kornhuber

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Kreuz, W., Güngör, T., Funk, M. et al. First experience with pentamidine inhalation in human immunodeficiency virus-infected children. Eur J Pediatr 150, 687–688 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02072640

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