Platelet indices are not suitable for screening of leukemia

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 251-

  Lee, Woong Soo ^a   Kim, Think You ^b  

^a Hanyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE VOLUME; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PLATELETS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET COUNT; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951082796     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: 15363678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e3181b9c95d     Document Type: Letter

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