Haematological profile of childhood visceral leishmaniasis

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 4-6

  Dash, Sumitra ^a   Awasthi, Anshu ^a   Marwaha, R K ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Bone marrow examination; Kala azar; Pancytopenia; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CULTURE; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TEST; COOMBS TEST; COUNTER IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; FEVER; GRANULOCYTOPENIA; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC SYNDROME; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNODIFFUSION; INDIA; JAUNDICE; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEUKOPENIA; LIVER BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MACROPHAGE; MALE; PALLOR; PANCYTOPENIA; PLASMA CELL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SPLEEN BIOPSY; SPLENOMEGALY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE;

EID: 33645826259     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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