Long-term results of initial and repeated partial splenic embolization for the treatment of chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 179, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1323-1326

  Kimura, Fumio ^a   Itoh, Hiroshi ^a   Ambiru, Satoshi ^a   Shimizu, Hiroaki ^a   Togawa, Akira ^a   Yoshidome, Hiroyuki ^a   Ohtsuka, Masayuki ^a   Shimizu, Yoshiaki ^a   Shimamura, Fumihiko ^a   Miyazaki, Masaru ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPLEEN ARTERY; SPLENECTOMY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036838587     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.179.5.1791323     Document Type: Article

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