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Life-threatening airway obstruction caused by penicilliosis in a leukemic patient

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, No 100, Tzu-Yu 1St Road, Kaohsiung, 807, Taiwan

    Jong-Hau Hsu, Min-Sheng Lee, Zen-Kong Dai, Jiunn-Ren Wu & Shyh-Shin Chiou

  2. Department of Pediatrics, Kaohsiung Municipal Hsiaokang Hospital, 482 San-Ming Road Hsiaokang, Kaohsiung, 812, Taiwan

    Jiunn-Ren Wu

  3. Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, No 100, Tzu-Yu 1St Road, Kaohsiung, 807, Taiwan

    Jong-Hau Hsu, Zen-Kong Dai, Jiunn-Ren Wu & Shyh-Shin Chiou

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Hsu, JH., Lee, MS., Dai, ZK. et al. Life-threatening airway obstruction caused by penicilliosis in a leukemic patient. Ann Hematol 88, 393–395 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-008-0606-5

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