Why are myelodysplastic syndromes unrecognized and underdiagnosed?: A primary care perspective

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 125, Issue 7 SUPPL., 2012, Pages

  Khan, Awais M ^a  

^a Heerskink School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Diagnostic workup; Elderly patients; Myelodysplastic syndromes; Primary care physician; Underdiagnosis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; GLIBENCLAMIDE; HEMOGLOBIN; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; IBUPROFEN; LISINOPRIL; METFORMIN; METOPROLOL; OMEPRAZOLE; SALBUTAMOL; SIMVASTATIN; TERAZOSIN; TRAMADOL;

AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BEER; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; CYTOPENIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; EPISTAXIS; FATIGUE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LEUKEMIA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MACROCYTIC ANEMIA; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MEDICAL HISTORY; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUTRITION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTPATIENT; PALLOR; PNEUMONIA; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESIDENT; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THYROID DISEASE; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; WINE;

EID: 84862849630     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2012.04.017     Document Type: Article

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