Consensus guideline for diagnosis and treatment of childhood idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura

International Journal of Hematology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 29-38

  Shirahata, Akira ^a,b   Ishii, Eiichi ^a   Eguchi, Haruhiko ^a   Okawa, Hiroji ^a   Ohta, Shigeru ^a   Kaneko, Takashi ^a   Konishi, Shozaburo ^a   Sako, Masahiro ^a   Sekine, Isao ^a   Takahashi, Yukihiro ^a   Taki, Masashi ^a   Tsuchiya, Shigeru ^a   Fujisawa, Kohji ^a   Bessho, Fumio ^a   Horikoshi, Yasuo ^a   Mimaya, Junichi ^a   Akatsuka, Jun Ichi ^a   Miyazaki, Sumio ^a  

^a ITP Committee of the Japanese Society of Pediatric Hematology   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Children; Consensus guideline; Diagnosis; Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; DEXAMETHASONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; VINCRISTINE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BLEEDING; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONSENSUS; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SPLENECTOMY; STANDARDIZATION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 31644439428     PISSN: 09255710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1532/IJH97.05123     Document Type: Review

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