Acquired hemophilia in older people: A poor prognosis despite intensive care [6]

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1682-1685

  Lambotte, Olivier ^a   Dautremer, Justine ^a   Guillet, Benoît ^a   Boutekedjiret, Tewfik ^a   Dreyfus, Marie ^a   Kotb, Rami ^a   Le Bras, Philippe ^a   Delfraissy, Jean François ^a   Lambert, Thierry ^a   Goujard, Cécile ^a  

^a ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PENICILLIN G; PREDNISONE; RECOMBINANT BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7A; RITUXIMAB; STEROID;

AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEMOPHILIA; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE; LETTER; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROPERITONEAL HEMORRHAGE; SKIN BRUISING; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRITICAL CARE; FACTOR VIII; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEMOPHILIA A; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 34848923701     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01323.x     Document Type: Letter

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