Risk factors for inadequate bone marrow biopsies in children

Am J Hematol. 2015 Sep;90(9):E187-9. doi: 10.1002/ajh.24078. Epub 2015 Aug 14.

Authors

Robert C Grant¹, Furqan Shaikh², Mohamed Abdelhaleem³, Sarah W Alexander², Michaela Cada²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
² Division of Haematology/Oncology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
³ Department of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

PMID: 26043864
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.24078

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Biopsy / standards*
Biopsy / statistics & numerical data
Bone Marrow / pathology*
Bone Marrow Examination / standards*
Child
Child, Preschool
Diagnostic Errors
Female
Hematologic Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Hematologic Neoplasms / pathology
Humans
Infant
Male
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors