Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura in a newly diagnosed pancreatic adenocarcinoma

Journal of the Pancreas

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 647-650

  Bir, Arvinder ^a   Bshara, Wiam ^a   George, Marina ^a   Fakih, Marwan G ^a  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Idiopathic; Purpura; Steroids; Thrombocytopenic

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; BISACODYL; CAPECITABINE; ENOXAPARIN; FERROUS GLUCONATE; GEMCITABINE; HEMOGLOBIN; LANSOPRAZOLE; MULTIVITAMIN; OXYCODONE; PREDNISONE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; DEATH; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; LEG EDEMA; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PETECHIA; PHLEBITIS; SPLEEN INFARCTION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BLOOD PLATELETS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PLATELET COUNT; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC;

EID: 33751072069     PISSN: 15908577     EISSN: 15908577     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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