Prevalence of chronic idiopathic neutropenia of adults among an apparently healthy population living on the island of Crete

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 293-297

  Papadaki, H A ^a   Xylouri, I ^a   Coulocheri, S ^a   Kalmanti, M ^a   Kafatos, A ^a   Eliopoulos, G D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Chronic idiopathic neutropenia of adults (CINA); Epidemiology; Leukocytes; Perennial rhinitis

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; INSECTICIDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PESTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHIL; OCCUPATION; PERENNIAL RHINITIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPENIA; PREVALENCE; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; SEX RATIO; SKIN DISEASES; THYROID DISEASES;

EID: 0032839643     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002770050518     Document Type: Article

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