Pancytopenia: An Etiological Profile
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Pancytopenia is the deficiency of all 3 cellular elements of blood, resulting in anemia, leucopenia, and thrombocytopenia. Pancytopenia may arise due to a number of disease processes that vary according to population, age, nutritional status, and the prevalence of infections [1]. Pancytopenia is a common hematological condition of varied etiology; however, only a few studies on pancytopenia from the northeastern region of India have been published [2].
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دوره 29 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2012