Immune thrombocytopenic purpura associated with pulmonary tuberculosis

Internal Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 739-742

  Tsuro, Kiminori ^a   Kojima, Hideyuki ^a,b   Mitoro, Akira ^a   Yoshiji, Hitoshi ^a   Fujimoto, Masao ^a   Uemura, Masahito ^a   Masahide, Yoshikawa ^a   Fukui, Hiroshi ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti tuberculosis drugs; Immune thrombocytopenic purpura; Immunoglobulin therapy; Pulmonary tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION, PASSIVE; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 33745845084     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.45.1639     Document Type: Article

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