Brucellosis associated with thrombocytopenia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 877-879

  Hussein, Iftikhar ^a   Gokul, Bindiganavale N ^a   Paul, Alfred ^a  

^a Midhnab General Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Brucella; Brucellosis; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; SAUDI ARABIA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADULT; BANGLADESH; BRUCELLOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; SAUDI ARABIA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 0034279911     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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