Results and prognostic factors of splenectomy in idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 183, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 565-574

  Winde, G ^a,c   Schmid, K W ^b   Lugering N ^a   Fischer, R ^a   Brandt, B ^a   Berns, T ^a   Bunte H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEGAKARYOPOIESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RELAPSE; REMISSION; SCHOOL CHILD; SPLENECTOMY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PLATELETS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MEGAKARYOCYTES; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PLATELET COUNT; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; RECURRENCE; REMISSION INDUCTION; SPLENECTOMY;

EID: 0029834113     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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