Acute idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura in adults following viral infection: Report of two cases

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 174-176

  Kooter, A J ^a   van der Linden, P W G ^a   De Klerk, G ^a  

^a Infection and Immunology   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; THROMBOCYTE ANTIBODY; THROMBOPOIETIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; GINGIVA BLEEDING; HEMATOMA; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HYPERMENORRHEA; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; VIRUS INFECTION; CHICKENPOX; VIROLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CHICKENPOX; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC;

EID: 0036562762     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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