Hematological complications in 787 cases of acute brucellosis in Eastern Turkey

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 421-424

  Dilek, Imdat ^a   Durmuş, Ahmet ^a   Karahocagil, M Kasim ^a   Akdeniz, Hayrettin ^a   Karsen, Hasan ^a   Baran, Ali Irfan ^a   Evirgen, Ömer ^a  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute brucellosis; Hematological complications

Indexed keywords

ACUTE BRUCELLOSIS; EASTERN TURKEY; HEMATOLOGICAL COMPLICATIONS;

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BRUCELLOSIS; CONVALESCENCE; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NEUTROPHIL; PANCYTOPENIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 54749111377     PISSN: 13000144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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