Pediatric bone marrow cellularity: Are we expecting too much?

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 439-443

  Friebert, Sarah E ^a   Shepardson, Laura B ^b   Shurin, Susan B ^a   Rosenthal, Gary E ^b   Rosenthal, Nancy S ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone marrow cellularity; Children

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; ILIAC CREST; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; AGING; BONE MARROW CELLS; CELL COUNT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0032469298     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043426-199809000-00006     Document Type: Article

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