A 14-year-old patient presented to the ED with a 12-month history of joint pains and a 2-month history of headaches and ...
Jaundice, hepatosplenomegaly, anemia and conjugated hyperbilirubinemia developed in this preterm infant. The diagnosis was eventually made by blood smear, serology and polymerase chain reaction.
A handheld device could end invasive smear tests for 98 per cent of women. Women are invited by the NHS for their first smear test at the age of 25 and then have one every three years, dropping to ...
The sister of the propositus, a 12-year-old schoolgirl, had also been noted to have anemia and hepatosplenomegaly ... found in the mother's peripheral blood smear, whereas the father's red cells ...
Serial peripheral blood smears showed elimination of parasitemia by the second day of therapy, and a repeated PCR analysis was negative. Serum bilirubin began to normalize. Six months later ...