A prospective study of brucellosis in children: Relative frequency of pancytopenia

Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  El Koumi, Mohamed A ^a,b   Afify, Mona ^c   Al Zahrani, Salha H ^c  

^a Al Khafji Joint Operation Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

^b ZAGAZIG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Egypt)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN;

ADOLESCENT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANEMIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CULTURE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BONE PAIN; BRUCELLOSIS; CHILD; CHILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LEUKOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCYTOPENIA; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTHROMBIN TIME; PURPURA; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SPLENOMEGALY; SWEATING; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; HYPERHIDROSIS; MILK; PETECHIA; RAW FOOD; WEAKNESS;

EID: 84877990699     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20353006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4084/MJHID.2013.011     Document Type: Article

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