Severe anemia owing to occult pulmonary hemorrhage: A diagnostic pitfall

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 467-470

  Minkov, Milen ^a   Kovacs, Julia ^a   Wiesbauer, Peter ^a   Dekan, Gerhard ^b   Gadner, Helmut ^a  

^a ST ANNA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anemia; Hypochromic; Microcytic; Pulmonary hemosiderosis

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANEMIA, HYPOCHROMIC; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33746348614     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: 15363678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mph.0000212939.89984.d2     Document Type: Article

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