Acquired hemophilia A in women postpartum: Clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and treatment

Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 82-86

  Michiels, Jan Jacques ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Goodheart Institute   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PREDNISONE; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; HEMOPHILIA; HEMOPHILIA A; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034014434     PISSN: 10760296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107602960000600206     Document Type: Article

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