Diagnosis and outcome of 100 consecutive patients with extreme granulocytic leukocytosis

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 12-16

  Reding, Mark T ^a,b   Hibbs, Jonathan R ^a,b   Morrison, Vicki A ^a,c   Swaim, William R ^a,b   Filice, Gregory A ^a,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c Infect Dis Div Vet Aff Ctr U   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; GLUCOCORTICOID; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LEUKOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTES; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 13744265590     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(97)00273-8     Document Type: Article

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