Diagnosis and treatment of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura: Recommendations of the American Society of Hematology

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 319-326

  George, James N ^a   Woolf, Steven H ^b,c   Wasser, Jeffrey S ^d   Aledort, Louis M ^e   Ballem, Penny J ^f   Blanchette, Victor S ^g   Bussel, James B ^h   Cines, Douglas B ⁱ   Kelton, John G ^j   Lichtin, Alan E ^k   McMillan, Robert ^l   Okerbloom, John A ^m   Regan, David H ^b   Warrier, Indira ⁿ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b College of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^d Hematology Oncology   (United States)

^e MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f Women's Health Research Institute   (Canada)

^g HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^h NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^j MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^k LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^l SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^m Heartland Oncology/Hematology   (United States)

ⁿ CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; AMINOCAPROIC ACID; ASCORBIC ACID; AZATHIOPRINE; COLCHICINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; DANAZOL; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; RHESUS D ANTIBODY; VINCA ALKALOID;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENECTOMY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

EID: 1842292788     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-126-4-199702150-00010     Document Type: Article

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