Immature granulocytes in pregnancy: A story of Virchow, anxious fathers, and expectant mothers

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 307-308

  Roehrl, Michael H A ^a   Wang, Julia Y ^b  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ANXIETY; BASOPHIL; BLOOD SMEAR; BONE MARROW CELL; CASE REPORT; CELL MATURATION; CELL TYPE; CESAREAN SECTION; EOSINOPHIL; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GRANULOCYTE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; METAMYELOCYTE; MONOCYTE; MYELOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NOTE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

FEMALE; GRANULOCYTES; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951918080     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: 10968652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.21784     Document Type: Note

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