Chicken pox associated thrombocytopenia in adults

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 270-272

  Ali, Nadir ^a   Anwar, Masood ^b   Majeed, Irfan ^a   Zaman Tariq, Waheed Uz ^b  

^a Peshawar Cantonment   (Pakistan)

^b ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Chicken pox; Thrombocytopenia; Varicella zoster

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHICKENPOX; CLINICAL FEATURE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECCHYMOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PAKISTAN; PREDICTION; PURPURIC RASH; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VESICULAR RASH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHICKENPOX; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PAKISTAN; PLATELET COUNT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 33745320756     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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