High doses of dexamethasone in adult patients with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-34

  Gutiérrez Espíndola, Guillermo R ^a   Morales Polanco, Manuel R ^a   Guerrero Rivera, Susana ^a   Talavera, Juan O ^a   Sánchez Valle, Elizabeth ^a   Gómez Morales, Enrique ^a   Pizzuto Chávez, Javier ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE ESPECIALIDADES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Dexamethasone; Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RACE DIFFERENCE; RELAPSE; REMISSION; SPLENECTOMY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TIME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; SPLENECTOMY;

EID: 0037277463     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0188-4409(02)00464-2     Document Type: Article

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