Seminars in Hematology
Volume 46, Issue 3 , Pages 212-229 , July 2009

Recent Advances in Antifungal Prevention and Treatment

  • Andreas H. Groll

      Affiliations

    • Infectious Disease Research Program, Center for Bone Marrow Transplantation and Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, University Children's Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Andreas H. Groll, MD, Infectious Disease Research Program, Center for Bone Marrow Transplantation and Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Children's University Hospital, Albert-Schweitzer-Strasse 33, 48129 Münster, Germany
    • ,
  • Athanasios Tragiannidis

      Affiliations

    • Second Department of Pediatrics, Aristotle University, AHEPA Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece

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