Bone marrow smear VS Blood smear in diagnosis of Kala-azar
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Diagnosis from the blood smear.
A related slide show is available at www.nejm.org n examination of the blood smear (or film) may be requested by physicians or initiated by laboratory staff. With the development of sophisticated automated blood-cell analyzers, the proportion of blood-count samples that require a blood smear has steadily diminished and in many clinical settings is now 10 to 15 percent or less. Nevertheless, the...
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عنوان ژورنال: Janaki Medical College Journal of Medical Science
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2091-2358,2091-2242
DOI: 10.3126/jmcjms.v3i2.16079