A clinical score predicting a brief and uneventful course of newly diagnosed idiopathic trombocytopenic purpura in children

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 513-516

  Edslev, Pernille Wendtland ^a,f   Rosthøj, Steen ^a   Treutiger, Iris ^b   Rajantie, Jukka ^c   Zeller, Bernward ^d   Jonsson, Olafur G ^e  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b SACHS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c JORVI HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^f VIBORG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Childhood; Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura; Prognostic score

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; GENDER; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURPURA; RISK; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PLATELET COUNT; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 34447319635     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2007.06682.x     Document Type: Article

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