The use of vinca alkaloids in preparation for splenectomy of corticosteroid refractory chronic immune thrombocytopenic purpura patients

International Journal of Laboratory Hematology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 347-351

  Szczepanik, A B ^a   Sikorska, A ^a   Slomkowski, M ^a   Konopka, L ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HEMATOLOGY AND TRANSFUSION MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Immune thrombocytopenic purpura; Immunoglobulin; Refractory; Splenectomy; Vinca alcaloids

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PREDNISONE; VINBLASTINE; VINCA ALKALOID; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; BLOOD PLATELETS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET COUNT; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; SPLENECTOMY; VINCA ALKALOIDS;

EID: 34548474538     PISSN: 17515521     EISSN: 1751553X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2257.2006.00891.x     Document Type: Article

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