Heroin-Induced: Thrombocytopenia

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 139, Issue 7, 1979, Pages 752-754

  Moss, Robert A ^a   Okun, David B ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; BLOOD AND HEMOPOIETIC SYSTEM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG THERAPY; ETIOLOGY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; THERAPY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; MALE; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 0018593889     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.1979.03630440022010     Document Type: Article

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