Cytomegalovirus infection as cause of severe thrombocytopenia in a nonimmunosuppressed patient

Acta Haematologica

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 228-230

  Arruda, Valder R ^a   Rossi, Cláudio L ^a   Nogueira, Eliana ^a   Annicchino Bizzacchi, Joyce M ^a   Costa, Fernando F ^a   Costa, Sandra C B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS ANTIBODY; GANCICLOVIR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PREDNISONE; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; GANCICLOVIR; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; PREDNISONE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 0030777770     PISSN: 00015792     EISSN: 14219662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000203630     Document Type: Article

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