Splenectomy and spontaneous remission in children with chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 47, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2006, Pages 737-739

  Donato, Hugo ^a,c,f,g,h   Picón, Armando ^b,f   Rapetti, María Cristina ^a   Rosso, Amadeo ^d   Schvartzman, Gabriel ^c,e   Drozdowski, Constanza ^b   Di Santo, Juan Jose ^d  

^a Hospital de Ninos de San Justo   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL NACIONAL PROFESOR ALEJANDRO POSADAS   (Argentina)

^c Clinica y Maternidad Suizo Argentina   (Argentina)

^d Jefe de la Unidad de Quemados y Servicio de Cirugía Plástica y Reconstructiva del Hospital de Niños V J Vilela   (Argentina)

^e Policlinico Bancario   (Argentina)

^f Hospital Naval Pedro Mallo   (Argentina)

^g Casa Hospital San Juan de Dios   (Argentina)

^h NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura; Platelets; Splenectomy; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CHRONICITY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; REVIEW; SPLENECTOMY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PLATELET COUNT; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; REMISSION INDUCTION; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; SPLENECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748488876     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.20982     Document Type: Review

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