Dexamethasone therapy in chronic ITP

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 647-650

  Chandra, Jagdish ^a,b   Dua, Tarun ^a   Narayan, Shashi ^b   Jain, Vipul ^a   Sharma, Sunita ^b   Dutta, A K ^a  

^a KALAWATI SARAN CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (India)

^b LADY HARDINGE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; MALE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PLATELET COUNT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC;

EID: 0033931410     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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