Supportive presumptive diagnosis of Plasmodium vivax malaria: Thrombocytopenia and red cell distribution width

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 535-539

  Koltas, Ismail S ^a   Demirhindi, Hakan ^a   Hazar, Salih ^b   Ozcan, Kadri ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MERSIN STATE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; SYMPTOM; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANIMALS; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PLATELET COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TURKEY;

EID: 34447272231     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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