Severe thrombocytopenia secondary to cytomegalovirus infection in an immunocompetent adult

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 56-59

  Ichiche, Malika ^a   Fontaine, Christel ^a   Lacor, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Autoimmune thrombocytopenia; Cytomegalovirus; Steroids

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GINGIVA BLEEDING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MALE; PURPURA; SEROLOGY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0037301740     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0953-6205(02)00210-8     Document Type: Article

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