Utility of thick smears of bone marrow aspirate in pyrexia of unknown origin

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 577-580

  Sheikh, Nadeem S ^c,d   Sheikh, Azeem S ^a   Sheikh, Aqleem A ^b  

^a SHAIKH ZAYED HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b Sandeman Provincial Hospital   (Pakistan)

^c BOLAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^d Al Samad Medical Centre   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Bone marrow; Malaria; Pancytopenia; Plasmodium falciparum; Splenomegaly; Thick smear; Thin smear

Indexed keywords

METHANOL;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BONE MARROW CELL; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CASE STUDY; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROID CELL; FEMALE; GAMETOCYTE; GIEMSA STAIN; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; PANCYTOPENIA; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PH; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; SPLENOMEGALY; STAINING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TROPHOZOITE;

ADULT; AZURE STAINS; BONE MARROW; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0345099435     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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