Life-threatening severe immune thrombocytopenia during alpha-interferon therapy for chronic hepatitis C

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 50, Issue 51, 2003, Pages 841-842

  Fujii, Hideki ^a   Kitada, Takuya ^a   Yamada, Takao ^a   Sakaguchi, Hiroki ^a   Seki, Shuichi ^a   Hino, Masayuki ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alpha interferon; Chronic hepatitis C; Immune thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIA; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LIVER BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; AUTOANTIBODIES; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BONE MARROW; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERFERON-ALPHA; LIVER; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC;

EID: 0038238652     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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