Unexplained childhood anaemia: Idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 172-174

  Siu, K K ^a   Li, Rever ^b   Lam, S Y ^b  

^a KWONG WAH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b TUEN MUN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD59 ANTIGEN; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DECAY ACCELERATING FACTOR; FERRITIN; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HAPTOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PREDNISOLONE;

ANISOPOIKILOCYTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE DISORDER; FATIGUE; FEVER; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON THERAPY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOSS OF APPETITE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; LUNG HEMOSIDEROSIS; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG LAVAGE; MALAISE; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PALLOR; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; VIRAL UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEMOSIDEROSIS; HONG KONG; LUNG DISEASES; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; RARE DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FERRITINS; HEMOSIDEROSIS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; PREDNISOLONE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RARE DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84928720247     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12809/hkmj144237     Document Type: Article

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