A case of immune thrombocytopenic purpura presenting with recurrent intracranial hemorrhage

Pediatrics International

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 109-111

  Bay, Ali ^a   Öner, Ahmet Faik ^a   Etlik, Ömer ^a   Çaksen, Hüseyin ^a  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Immune thrombocytopenic purpura; Intracranial hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; MEGAKARYOCYTE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VOMITING;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC; RECURRENCE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 14644415490     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200x.2005.02014.x     Document Type: Article

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