The use of vinca alkaloids in adult patients with refractory chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenia

Clinical and Laboratory Haematology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 407-411

  Sikorska, Anna ^a   Slomkowski M ^a   Maslanka K ^a   Konopka, L ^a   Gorski T ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HEMATOLOGY AND TRANSFUSION MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura; Vinca alkaloids

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; DANAZOL; DEXAMETHASONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; VINBLASTINE; VINCA ALKALOID; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE DURATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEROID THERAPY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; VINBLASTINE; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 10844281003     PISSN: 01419854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2257.2004.00643.x     Document Type: Article

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