Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura: A 15-year natural history study at the Children's Hospital Rijeka, Croatia

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 47, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2006, Pages 662-664

  Roganovic, Jelena ^a   Letica Crepulja, Marina ^a  

^a KBC RIJEKA   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Child; Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLEEDING DISORDER; CHILD; CROATIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROATIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLENECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748497824     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.20995     Document Type: Review

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