Laparoscopic splenectomies for idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura: Experience of sixty cases

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 7-10

  Szold, Amir ^a   Schwartz, Joseph ^a   Abu Abeid, Subhi ^a   Bulvik, Shlomo ^a   Eldor, Amiram ^a  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP); Laparoscopic splenectomy (LS)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SCHOOL CHILD; SPLENECTOMY; STEROID THERAPY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DEXAMETHASONE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET COUNT; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; RECURRENCE; SPLENECTOMY;

EID: 0033957349     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8652(200001)63:1<7::AID-AJH2>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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