Haematological manifestations in patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome: Retrospective analysis

British Medical Journal

Volumn 326, Issue 7403, 2003, Pages 1358-1362

  Wong, Raymond S M ^a   Wu, Alan ^a   To, K F ^b   Lee, Nelson ^a   Lam, Christopher W K ^b   Wong, C K ^b   Chan, Paul K S ^b   Ng, Margaret H L ^b   Yu, L M ^b   Hui, David S ^a   Tam, John S ^b   Cheng, Gregory ^a   Sung, Joseph J Y ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; HEMOGLOBIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; RIBAVIRIN;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONAVIRUS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUTROPHILIA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOCYTOSIS;

EID: 0037899009     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.326.7403.1358     Document Type: Article

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