Profound and prolonged lymphocytopenia with West Nile encephalitis.
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چکیده
Infectious Common HIV/AIDS Typhoid fever Babesiosis Malaria Uncommon Viral hepatitis Tuberculosis Histoplasmosis Brucellosis Noninfectious Common Sarcoidosis Chronic corticosteroid use Antilymphocyte globulin Cancer chemotherapy Radiation therapy Rheumatoid arthritis Systemic lupus erythematosus Hodgkin’s disease Chronic alcohol abuse Uncommon CD4 lymphocytopenia Severe combined immunodeficiency Ataxia telangiectasia Wiskott-Aldridge syndrome Thoracic duct drainage Myasthenia gravis Idiopathic Profound and Prolonged Lymphocytopenia with West Nile Encephalitis
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
دوره 31 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2000