Spontaneous fatal intracranial hemorrhage in a child with Evans syndrome

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 403-408

  Ruggiero, Antonio ^a   Piastra, Marco ^a   Pistilli, Anna Maria Casadei ^b   Serretti, Sara ^a   Beate, Werner ^b   Chiaretti, Antonio ^a   Riccardi, Riccardo ^a,c  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Child; Chronic immune thrombocytopenic purpura; Evans syndrome; Hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; DEXAMETHASONE; GRANULOCYTE ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; LABETALOL; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; PREDNISONE; STEROID; THROMBOCYTE CONCENTRATE;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; BONE MARROW; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COOMBS TEST; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FATALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; MORTALITY; MUMPS; NEUTROPENIA; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038495742     PISSN: 08880018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08880010390203918     Document Type: Article

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