Peripheral blood picture in primary hypocellular refractory anemia and idiopathic acquired aplastic anemia: An additional tool for differential diagnosis

Haematologica

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 21-24

  Tarek Elghetany, M ^a,b   David Hudnall, S ^a   Gardner, Frank H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Aplastic anemia; Myelodysplastic syndromes; Peripheral blood; Refractory anemia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEGAKARYOCYTE; MONOCYTE; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; REFRACTORY ANEMIA; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA, APLASTIC; ANEMIA, REFRACTORY; BONE MARROW; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ERYTHROCYTES, ABNORMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031452899     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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