False positive Kleihauer results: An unusual cause in a postnatal patient in remission from acute myeloid leukaemia

International Journal of Laboratory Hematology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 241-244

  Grant, R ^a   Keidan, J ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute myeloid leukaemia; Erythropoiesis; Foeto maternal haemorrhage; Haemoglobin F; Kleihauer

Indexed keywords

CYTARABINE; ETOPOSIDE; FLUDARABINE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; HEMOGLOBIN F; HYDROXYUREA; IDARUBICIN; MITOXANTRONE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; HUMAN; KLEIHAUER TEST; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PANCREATIC POLYPEPTIDE SECRETING CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FETAL HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A2; HUMANS; HYDROXYUREA; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; NEOPLASM REGRESSION, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 61349096130     PISSN: 17515521     EISSN: 1751553X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-553X.2007.00974.x     Document Type: Article

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