Kasabach-Merritt phenomenon

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1286-1288

  Al Mazrou, Khalid A ^a,c   Richardson, Mark A ^b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KING ABDUL AZIZ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; KASABACH MERRITT SYNDROME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA;

BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; INFANT;

EID: 24744446268     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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