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Retrospective comparison of cytological and histological bone marrow morphology in adult antiretroviral-naïve and antiretroviral experienced human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients with peripheral blood cytopaenias

Published in: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume 31 , issue 2 , 2016 , pages: 50–56

DOI: 10.1080/23120053.2016.1128147

Author(s): Suraya Naidoo Department of Haematology, South Africa , Vincent Louis Naicker National Health Laboratory Services, South Africa

Keywords: HIV , bone marrow , morphology , dysplasia , tuberculosis , pure red cell aplasia , antiretroviral therapy

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Abstract

Background: A cohort of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients presenting to a quaternary hospital in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa over a period of one year was identified and morphological analyses of their bone marrow aspirates and trephine biopsies (BMAT) undertaken.

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