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SUBMITTER: Kumar R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5529684 | biostudies-literature | 1994 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Medical journal, Armed Forces India 19940101 1
Clinical and hematological parameters in six cases of paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) are presented. The mean delay in diagnosis after onset of symptoms was 3.7 years. Initial diagnoses considered were: (a) hematuria; (b) iron-deficiency; hemolytic; megaloblastic or refractory anemia and (c) myelodysplastic syndrome. Clinical features included; reddish urine (5/6), unexplained abdominal pain (4/6) and pallor (6/6). Laboratory investigations showed anemia (6/6), leucopenia (3/6), thromb ...[more]