Intravenous gamma globulin is effective as an urgent treatment in Brucella-induced severe thrombocytopenic purpura

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 204-206

  Altuntas, Fevzi ^a,b   Yildiz, Orhan ^a   Sari, Ismail ^a   Eser, Bulent ^a   Cetin, Mustafa ^a   Unal, Ali ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Apt # 1113 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Intravenous gamma globulin; Thrombocytopenia; Treatment

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA;

ADULT; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27644449001     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.20386     Document Type: Article

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