Visceral leishmaniasis: Bone marrow biopsy findings

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 77-80

  Kumar, Perikala Vijayananda ^a,b   Vasei, Mohammad ^a   Sadeghipour, Alireza ^c   Sadeghi, Esmaeel ^b   Soleimanpour, Hossein ^a   Mousavi, Abdullah ^d   Tabatabaei, Ameer Hussein ^b   Rizvi, Mehid Muntazer ^b  

^a Cancer Research Institute   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d HORMOZGAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bone marrow biopsy; Kala azar; Marrow lymphoid nodules; Marrow necrosis; Splenomegaly; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; MEGLUMINE ANTIMONATE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BONE MARROW NECROSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MYELOFIBROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; THERAPY RESISTANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUBERCULOSIS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BIOPSY; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MEGLUMINE; NECROSIS; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33846781403     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: 15363678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e31803076a8     Document Type: Article

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