Pulsed high-dose dexamethasone in resistent immune thrombocytopenic purpura

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Volumn 131, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages

  Bulvik, S ^a   Ben Tal, O ^a   Shimoni, Z ^a   Eldor, A ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; INSOMNIA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RESTLESSNESS; SPLENECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEXAMETHASONE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; SPLENECTOMY;

EID: 0029784899     PISSN: 00177768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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