Severe thrombocytopenia caused by simvastatin in which thrombocyte recovery was initiated after severe bacterial infection

Clinical Drug Investigation

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 172-174

  Yamada, Tetsuya ^a   Shinohara, Kenji ^a,b   Katsuki, Kensaku ^a  

^a Yamaguchi Pref Central Hospital   (Japan)

^b Yamaguchi Central Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CILAZAPRIL; INTERLEUKIN 6; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; SIMVASTATIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 0031680021     PISSN: 11732563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00044011-199816020-00011     Document Type: Article

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