Efficient diagnosis of thrombocytopenia

American Family Physician

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 915-920

  Goldstein, Kenneth H ^a   Abramson, Neil ^a  

^a Baptist Regional Cancer Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE REPORT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MYELOPHTHISIC ANEMIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PLATELET COUNT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 0030051263     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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