Low-dose splenic irradiation in the treatment of immune thrombocytopenia in HIV-infected patients

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 123-126

  Soum, F ^a   Trille, J A ^b   Auvergnat, J C ^b   Giraud, Ph ^a   Bicart See, A ^b   Marchou, B ^b   Ceccaldi, J ^c   Mihura, J ^a   Daly Schveitzer, N ^a  

^a INSTITUT CLAUDIUS REGAUD   (France)

^b CHU PURPAN   (France)

^c Hopital Robert Boulin   (France)

Author keywords

HIV infection; Low dose splenic irradiation; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

ZIDOVUDINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MEGAKARYOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SPLEEN; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SPLEEN; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0032053536     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(98)00036-4     Document Type: Article

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