Infantile pyknocytosis: A forgotten or a dead diagnosis?

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 507-

  Dabbous, Ibrahim A ^a   El Bahlawan, Lama ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Hemolytic anemia; Indirect hyperbilirubinemia; Infancy; Pyknocytosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COOMBS TEST; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; JAUNDICE; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC; ERYTHROCYTES, ABNORMAL; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; MALE;

EID: 0036693903     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043426-200208000-00021     Document Type: Article

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