Overview of 321 patients with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura. Retrospective analysis of the clinical features and response to therapy

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 436-440

  Pamuk, G E ^a   Pamuk, O N ^a   Baslar Z ^a   Ongoren S ^a   Soysal, T ^a   Ferhanoglu B ^a   Aydin, Y ^a   Ulku B ^a   Aktuglu G ^a   Akman, N ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP); Splenectomy

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DANAZOL; DEXAMETHASONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PREDNISONE; STEROID; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RELAPSE; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPLENECTOMY; SURVIVAL TIME; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET COUNT; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLENECTOMY;

EID: 0036939173     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-002-0488-x     Document Type: Article

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