Macrocytic anemia and thrombocytosis associated with thymoma: A case report

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 38-41

  Grumbeck, Elke ^a   Aiginger, Paul ^b   Gisslinger, Bettina ^a   Geissler, Klaus ^a   Thalhammer Scherrer, Renate ^b   Gisslinger, Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Good's syndrome; Hypogammaglobulinemia; Macrocytic anemia; Pure red cell aplasia; Thrombocytosis; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; KARYOTYPE; MACROCYTIC ANEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOSIS; THYMOMA;

AGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; ANEMIA, MACROCYTIC; BONE MARROW CELLS; CELLS, CULTURED; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KARYOTYPING; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET COUNT; PREDNISOLONE; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOSIS; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033970618     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8652(200001)63:1<38::AID-AJH9>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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