Haematological abnormalities in children with tuberculosis

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 307-310

  Wessels, G ^a   Schaaf, H S ^b   Beyers, N ^b   Gie, R P ^b   Nel, E ^b   Donald, P R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHILD; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROCYTOSIS; MONOCYTE; MONOCYTOSIS; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHIL; NEUTROPHILIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOUTH AFRICA; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOCYTOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0032742940     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/45.5.307     Document Type: Article

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