Diagnosis from the blood smear

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 353, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 498-507

  Bain, Barbara J ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA; BLAST CELL; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD SMEAR; BONE MARROW DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ERYTHROCYTE DISORDER; ERYTHROCYTE SHAPE; ERYTHROPHAGOCYTOSIS; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HEMOLYSIS; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MACROCYTIC ANEMIA; MICROCYTIC ANEMIA; MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THALASSEMIA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; BLOOD; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BONE MARROW DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; THROMBOCYTOSIS;

ANEMIA; BONE MARROW DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOCYTOSIS;

EID: 23044488203     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMra043442     Document Type: Review

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