Glottis oedema and interstitial pulmonary disease as a result of extramedullary haemopoiesis in polycythaemia vera rubra causing asphyctic death [3]

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 79-

  Tzankov, A ^a   Krugmann, J ^a   Mikuz, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASPHYXIA; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; EXTRAMEDULLARY HEMATOPOIESIS; GLOTTIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; LARYNX EDEMA; LETTER; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; POLYCYTHEMIA VERA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASPHYXIA; FATAL OUTCOME; HEMATOPOIESIS, EXTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL EDEMA; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYCYTHEMIA VERA;

EID: 0037245692     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.56.1.79     Document Type: Letter

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