Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura associated with breast cancer: A case report and review of the current literature

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 411-413

  Porrata, Luis F ^a   Alberts, Steven ^a   Hook, Christopher ^a   Hanson, Curtis A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST METASTASIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE;

AGED; BONE MARROW NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS, MALE; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; HUMANS; MALE; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC;

EID: 0033508515     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000421-199908000-00019     Document Type: Article

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