Posttransfusion purpura: Two unusual cases and a literature review

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 205-211

  McCrae, Keith R ^a   Herman, Jay H ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; THROMBOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PURPURA;

EID: 0029682565     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8652(199607)52:3<205::AID-AJH13>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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