Spectrum of hematological disorders in children observed in 424 consecutive bone marrow aspirations/biopsies

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 433-436

  Rahim, Fazlur ^a   Ahmad, Irshad ^a   Islam, Saiful ^a   Hussain, Muhammad ^a   Khattak, Taj Ali Khan ^a   Bano, Qudsia ^a  

^a KHYBER TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Anemia; Bone marrow aspiration biopsy; Leukemia and lymphoma; Malignant hematological disorder; Non malignant hematological disorders

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ANEMIA; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CHILD; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERSPLENISM; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MEDICAL ASSISTANT; MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA; MORBIDITY; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PAKISTAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

EID: 33644825153     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: 1682024X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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