Splenomegaly, pancytopenia and pregnancy: A case report and review of the literature

Journal of Infection

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2005, Pages

  Hobeika, Elie M ^a   Usta, Ihab M ^a   Taher, Ali T ^a   Nassar, Anwar H ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Malaria; Pancytopenia; Pregnancy; Splenomegaly

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; BETAMETHASONE; HEMOGLOBIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; COOMBS TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FETUS LUNG MATURITY; GESTATION PERIOD; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; MALARIA; PANCYTOPENIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PNEUMONIA; PREGNANCY; PRIMIGRAVIDA; SPLENECTOMY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; OFLOXACIN; PANCYTOPENIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY;

EID: 29444454717     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2005.03.009     Document Type: Article

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