Publications by authors named "F Khalilova"
CLINICAL AND LABORATORY CHARACTERISTICS OF THE LATENT FORM OF POLYCYTHEMIA VERA.
Georgian Med News
October 2024
Unlabelled: A high level of hemoglobin and hematocrit is one of the most important laboratory indicators of polycythemia vera (PV). Nevertheless, in some cases, these indicators may be normal or below the norm. This form of the disease is called latent or masked PV (LPV).
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- The study analyzed pediatric COVID-19 cases across 32 hospitals in Turkey, focusing on the epidemiological, clinical, and laboratory characteristics of the disease in children from March 16 to June 15, 2020.
- A total of 1,156 cases were confirmed, with a slightly higher proportion of males (50.3%) compared to females (49.7%), and the median age of the patients was 10.75 years; common symptoms included fever (50.4%) and cough (46.9%).
- The severity of illness varied, with 22.7% asymptomatic, 57.7% experiencing mild symptoms, and 1.5% being classified as severe; 12.9% had
Introduction: Roseola infantum is always considered to be among the differential diagnosis of young patients with fever and leukopenia whom to be strictly isolated with the preliminary diagnosis of COVID-19 until otherwise proven during the pandemic.
Results: Human herpes virus-6 (HHV-6) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) blood test was performed in 4 of 7 patients with a clinical diagnosis of roseola infantum and all found to be HHV-6 PCR positive. The most striking laboratory finding in all patients was leukopenia.