Thrombocytosis as a predictor of serious bacterial infection

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 923-924

  Marwaha, Neelam ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; PROCALCITONIN;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REACTIVE THROMBOCYTOSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; SERIOUS BACTERIAL INFECTION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOSIS;

BACTEREMIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; THROMBOCYTOSIS;

EID: 78651067988     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13312-010-0154-7     Document Type: Editorial

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