Failure of pulse high-dose dexamethasone in chronic idiopathic immune thrombocytopenia

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 267-270

  Warner, M ^b   Wasi, P ^b   Couban, S ^b   Hayward, C ^b   Warkentin, T ^b   Kelton, J G ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dexamethasone; Platelet; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; DEXAMETHASONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ALOPECIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSPHORIA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THROMBOCYTHEMIA, HEMORRHAGIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030937564     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8652(199704)54:4<267::AID-AJH1>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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