Akhtar Munir, Syed Fahim Shah, Tahira Ata, Noushad Asim, Muhammad Sajid, Muhammad Farooq.
Prevalence of Non Malignant Hematological Disorders in patients with Pancytopenia/ Bicytopenia: a bone marrow study of 148 cases in DHQ KDA Hospital and LMH Hospital, Kohat.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;8(2):438-9.

Aim: To determine the frequency of non malignant hematological causes of pancytopenia. Bone marrow examination of 148 cases of suspected hematological disorders was carried out in a DHQ KDA Hospital, Kohat from Jan. 2011to Dec. 2013. Results: Among the non malignant hematological disorders, megaloblastic anemia was the most common disorder i.e., (18.2%) followed by aplastic anemia (8.8%), ITP (10.1%)d hypersplenism (5.4%) Conclusion: Megaloblastic anaemia is the most prevalent non malignant hematological disorder and the major cause of bicytopenia and pancytopenia in the bone marrow aspirates performed

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