Open AccessIs Bone Marrow Aspiration Needed in Acute Childhood Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura to Rule Out Leukemia?
Author(s) -
Caroline Calpin,
Paul T. Dick,
Annette Poon,
W. M. Feldman
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3628
pISSN - 1072-4710
DOI - 10.1001/archpedi.152.4.345
Subject(s) - medicine , pediatrics , thrombocytopenic purpura , acute leukemia , leukemia , retrospective cohort study , medical diagnosis , bone marrow , cohort , surgery , platelet , pathology
To assess the prevalence of leukemia in a series of bone marrow aspiration (BMA) samples collected to confirm provisional diagnoses of acute idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) in children.
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