Hematological indices of sickle cell anaemia patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in northern Nigeria

Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Ahmed, Sagir G ^a   Bukar, Audu A ^b   Jolayemi, Bashir ^c  

^a AMINU KANO TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI   (Nigeria)

^c FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL INDICATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EOSINOPENIA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MONOCYTOSIS; NEUTROPENIA; NIGERIA; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; SICKLE CELL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; THROMBOCYTOSIS;

EID: 79952808284     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20353006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4084/MJHID.2010.014     Document Type: Article

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