Immune thrombocytopenic purpura

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1019-1026

  Marwaha, R K ^a   Aggarwal, Poonam ^a   Trehan, Amita ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2B INTERFERON; ASCORBIC ACID; AZATHIOPRINE; COLCHICINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; DANAZOL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE; VINBLASTINE; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MORTALITY; NAUSEA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SPLENECTOMY; THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA;

ACUTE DISEASE; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PLATELET TRANSFUSION; PREDNISOLONE; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; SPLENECTOMY; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0030458237     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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