Role of biopsy in pediatric lymphadenopathy

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 798-802

  Hanif, Ghazala ^a,c   Ali, Shahid I ^b,c   Shahid, Anum ^b,c   Rehman, Fakeha ^a,c   Mirza, Uzma ^a,c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b KING EDWARD MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c University of Health Science   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CHILD; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; KIKUCHI DISEASE; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENITIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOBLASTOMA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METASTASIS; MIXED CELLULARITY HODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NODULAR LYMPHOCYTE PREDOMINANT HODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NODULAR SCLEROSIS HODGKIN LYMPHOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 67651183894     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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