Changes in full blood count parameters in leptospirosis: A prospective study

International Archives of Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  De Silva, Nipun Lakshitha ^a   Niloofa, Mjr ^b   Fernando, Narmada ^b   Karunanayake, Lilani ^c   Rodrigo, Chaturaka ^a   De Silva, H Janaka ^d   Premawansa, Sunil ^b   Handunnetti, Shiroma M ^b   Rajapakse, Senaka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^c Medical Research Institute Colombo   (Sri Lanka)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Leptospirosis; Lymphocytes; Neutrophils; Platelets

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEVER; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LEUKOPENIA; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NEUTROPHILIA; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SRI LANKA; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84902747759     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17557682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1755-7682-7-31     Document Type: Article

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