Rational testing: Incidental finding of lymphocytosis in an asymptomatic patient

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 338, Issue 7710, 2009, Pages 1562-

  Grove, Carolyn S ^a   Follows, George A ^a   Erber, Wendy N ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD23 ANTIGEN; CD5 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; B LYMPHOCYTE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE REPORT; CELL STRUCTURE; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEAT PROCEDURE; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; SHORT SURVEY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; ARTICLE; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LYMPHOCYTE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS;

ANEMIA; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; LYMPHOCYTES; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 67650074294     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b2119     Document Type: Short Survey

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