Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura associated with Helicobacter pylori infection

Pediatrics International

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 76-78

  Takechi, Tomoki ^a,b,c   Unemoto, Jun ^b,c   Ishihara, Masayuki ^b,c   Hosokawa, Takatoshi ^b,c   Zushi, Noriko ^a,c   Shiraishi, Taisuke ^a   Ogura, Hideo ^a   Wakiguchi, Hiroshi ^b  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION   (Japan)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Kochi Prefectural Aki Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eradication therapy; Helicobacter pylori; Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura; Proton pump inhibitor; Urea breath test

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEPHARANTHINE; CLARITHROMYCIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LANSOPRAZOLE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METRONIDAZOLE; OMEPRAZOLE; PREDNISOLONE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC;

EID: 33645221840     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2006.02159.x     Document Type: Article

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