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3years old-girl is adimitted to hospital because of generalized petechia.her blood count show anemia and neutropenia,the best initial diagnostic step is to order

a-antiplatelet antibodies
b-reticulocyte count
c-bone marrow biopsy
d-an osmotic fragility test
e-antinuclear antibodies




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b

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its pancytopenia.so bone marrow biopsy

  #4

bone marrow biopsy i think.

  #5

bone marrow biopsy.....

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bone marrow biopsy

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bone marrow


  #8

Bone marrow biopsy

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bone marrow biospy

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  #10

initial diagnostic step reticulocyte count.

Harrison 13th edition page 1755

bone marrow biopsy is final & not the initial step


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though bone marrow biopsy is the final step, wht ur gooing to get from retic count ?
as neutropaenia and thrombocytopaenia are present i go for bm biopsy

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bone marrow

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i guess we can't argue against Harrison, but it would be good if we know the explanation of going first with reticulocyte count.


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