Morbidity and mortality in adults with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura

Blood

Volumn 97, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 2549-2554

  Portielje, Johanna E A ^a,b   Westendorp, Rudi G J ^a   Kluin Nelemans, Hanneke C ^a   Brand, Anneke ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DANAZOL; DEXAMETHASONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PREDNISONE; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; INFECTION; IRRADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENECTOMY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035353206     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.V97.9.2549     Document Type: Article

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