Epidemiological features of aplastic anemia in Indian children

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 257-259

  Gupta, Vineeta ^a   Pratap, Raghvendra ^a   Kumar, Akash ^a   Saini, Isha ^a   Shukla, Jyoti ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aplastic anemia; Bone marrow failure; Immunosuppressive therapy

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOGENETICS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPISTAXIS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INCIDENCE; INDIAN; INTRAOCULAR HEMORRHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PALLOR; PARVOVIRUS; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; SEROLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 84898461606     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: 09737693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-013-1242-1     Document Type: Article

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