Role of plasmapheresis in thrombocytopenic purpura associated with waldenström's macroglobulinemia

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 597-600

  Patel, Tushar C ^a   Breanndan Moore, S ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CHLORAMBUCIL; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DANAZOL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MERCAPTOPURINE; PREDNISONE; THROMBOCYTE ANTIBODY; VINBLASTINE; VINCRISTINE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; GAMMOPATHY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PLASMAPHERESIS; RELAPSE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALDENSTROEM MACROGLOBULINEMIA;

EID: 0030317423     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/71.6.597     Document Type: Article

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