The diagnostic utility of bone marrow biopsies performed for the investigation of fever and/or cytopenias in HIV-infected adults at Groote Schuur Hospital, Western Cape, South Africa

International Journal of Laboratory Hematology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 258-266

  Van Schalkwyk, W A ^a   Opie, J ^a   Novitzky, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bone marrow biopsy; Diagnostic utility; Retroviral infection; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CYTOPENIA; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANEMIA; BIOPSY; BONE MARROW; FEMALE; FEVER; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOUTH AFRICA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954587114     PISSN: 17515521     EISSN: 1751553X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-553X.2010.01280.x     Document Type: Article

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