Anaemia, thrombocytopenia and coagulopathy due to occult diffuse infantile haemangiomatosis of spleen and pancreas

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 158, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 379-383

  Schulz, A S ^a   Urban, J ^a   Gessler, P ^b   Behnisch, W ^a   Kohne, E ^a   Heymer, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antithrombin III; Coagulation; Haemangiomatosis; Kasabach Merrit syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBIN III; PREDNISONE;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; ERYTHROBLASTOSIS; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMATOSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; KASABACH MERRITT SYNDROME; PANCREAS DISEASE; PANCREAS RESECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN DISEASE; SPLENECTOMY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ANEMIA; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; PANCREATECTOMY; PANCREATIC DISEASES; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC NEOPLASMS; SYNDROME; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 0032895803     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004310051096     Document Type: Article

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