Aplastic anemia: Clinicohaematological features, treatment and outcome analysis

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 219-222

  Wali, Rabia ^a   Fadoo, Zehra ^a   Adil, Salman ^a   Naqvi, Muhammad Ahmed ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Aplastic anemia; Haematopoietic stem cell transplantation; Idiopathic; Immunosuppressive therapy; Outcome; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPISTAXIS; FANCONI ANEMIA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PAKISTAN; PALLOR; SEX RATIO; SKIN BLEEDING; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, APLASTIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79953068100     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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