Arafatâs doctors rule out leukaemia, for now
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CLAMART (France) - Yasser Arafat underwent medical tests yesterday and a senior Palestinian official said doctors had ruled out for the time being that the PLO leader was suffering from leukaemia.
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PARIS, Nov 2  - The first official medical report on the Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has confirmed that he does not have leukaemia, the Palestinian representative in France Leila Shahid said Tuesday.
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Palestinian sources tell the Associated Press that doctors who specialize in the blood disease are examining Arafat. The 75-year-old Palestinian leader has been sick for the past two weeks.
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A diagnosis of the illness of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who was flown to France for treatment yesterday will not be available for several days.
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Paris - Doctors who treated Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat believe he died of a blood condition called disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) and have ruled out poisoning, Le Monde newspaper reported on Wednesday.
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Palestinian officials prepared to fly the ailing Yasser Arafat to Paris for treatment after blood tests found he had a low count of platelets, which help clotting.
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CLAMART, France Doctors in France are awaiting test results to try to determine exactly what is ailing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
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PARIS -- Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat&#39;s medical records show no definite diagnosis explaining his death, his nephew said Monday.
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The Palestinian leader has undergone exploratory tests that show he has no major illness, doctors say.
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A Palestinian envoy said doctors have ruled out leukemia for the time being. In a brief statement to reporters, the diplomat also said Arafat&#39;s condition has improved since Friday.
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CLAMART, France - Having ruled out leukemia, French doctors were trying for a second day Sunday to determine what ailing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is suffering from, his aides said.
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According to an Israeli official, Yasir Arafat was allowed to see doctors from Tunisia. For almost three years, Mr. Arafat, the Palestinian leader, has been in Ramallah on the West Bank for most of the last three years.
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French doctors are checking Yasser Arafat for viral infection after tests ruled out leukaemia and any other life-threatening illness, aides to the Palestinian leader said today.
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A spokesperson for the French Defence Ministry has said the medical records of the late Yasser Arafat can be released to certain parties, such as his family.
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Yasser Arafat's latest health crisis &#151; a severe flu, gallstones, a battery of cancer tests &#151; has exposed how unprepared the Palestinians are for their leader's death, making a chaotic transition period all but inevitable.
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VILLACOUBLAY MILITARY AIRFIELD, France  -  Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, weakened by what doctors  think may be leukemia, left the West Bank for the first time in  2-1/2 years on Friday and flew to France for medical treatment.
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Doctors in France treating the Palestinian leader, Yassar Arafat, have told him that it will be several days before they know exactly what is wrong with him.