Recurrent immune thrombocytopenic purpura in children

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 677-682

  Jayabose, Somasundaram ^a   Levendoglu Tugal, Oya ^a   Ozkaynak, Mehmet F ^a   Sandoval, Claudio ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Immune thrombocytopenic purpura; ITP; Recurrent ITP

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; MALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; REVIEW; SPLENECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFANT; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PLATELET COUNT; PREDNISONE; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; RECURRENCE; REMISSION INDUCTION; SPLENECTOMY;

EID: 33750488160     PISSN: 08880018     EISSN: 15210669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08880010600962143     Document Type: Review

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