An update on the etiology and diagnostic evaluation of a leukemoid reaction

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 394-398

  Sakka, Vissaria ^a   Tsiodras, Sotirios ^a   Giamarellos Bourboulis, Evangelos J ^a   Giamarellou, Helen ^a  

^a NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Chronic myelogenous leukemia; Chronic neutrophilic leukemia; Diagnosis; Leukemoid reaction; Malignancy

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; CYANOCOBALAMIN; CYANOCOBALAMIN BINDING PROTEIN; HEMOPOIETIC GROWTH FACTOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; ALGORITHM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLEEDING; BLOOD SMEAR; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CHRONIC NEUTROPHILIC LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; GRANULOCYTE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INFECTION; INTOXICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEUKEMOID REACTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NEUTROPHILIA; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 33750030250     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2006.04.004     Document Type: Review

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