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December 31, 2008Cancer129 citations

Galactomannan serves as a surrogate endpoint for outcome of pulmonary invasive aspergillosis in neutropenic hematology patients

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JMJohan MaertensKBKristel BuvéKTKoen Theunissen

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In neutropenic patients with seropositive IA, serum galactomannan index outcome strongly correlates with survival, autopsy findings, and response outcome. This finding may have implications for patient management and for clinical trial design.

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Maertens et al. (2008) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d8a949ce048d2571bed999https://doi.org/10.1002/cncr.24022
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