A multicenter retrospective study defining the clinical and hematological manifestations of brucellosis and pancytopenia in a large series: Hematological malignancies, the unusual cause of pancytopenia in patients with brucellosis

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 334-339

  Sari, Ismail ^a   Altuntas, Fevzi ^b   Hacioglu, Sibel ^a   Kocyigit, Ismail ^b   Sevinc, Alper ^c   Sacar, Suzan ^a   Deniz, Kemal ^b   Alp, Emine ^b   Eser, Bulent ^b   Yildiz, Orhan ^b   Kaynar, Leylagul ^b   Unal, Ali ^b   Cetin, Mustafa ^b  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DOXYCYCLINE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANOREXIA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BRUCELLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROPHAGOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; GRANULOMA; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; MALAISE; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; PANCYTOPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; BONE MARROW; BRUCELLOSIS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOMONOCYTIC, ACUTE; LEUKEMIC INFILTRATION; LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS, HEMOPHAGOCYTIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; PANCYTOPENIA; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41449100797     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: 10968652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.21098     Document Type: Article

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