Is it safe to avoid bone marrow examination in suspected itp?

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 205-207

  Naithani, Rahul ^a   Kumar, Rajat ^a   Mahapatra, M ^a   Agrawal, Neerja ^a   Pati, H P ^a   Choudhry, V P ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Bone marrow aspiration; Children; ITP

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; RHESUS D ANTIBODY;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT SURVEY; THROMBOCYTE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID; MALE; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC;

EID: 34247487833     PISSN: 08880018     EISSN: 15210669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08880010701198845     Document Type: Short Survey

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