Breast cancer and immune thrombocytopenic purpura: Is there any association between these 2 distinct diseases?

Breast Care

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 317-320

  Gencosmanoglu, R ^a   Unalan, P ^a   Kir, G ^b   Inceoglu, R ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Immune thrombocytopenic purpura; Immunoglobulin infusion; Platelet; Splenectomy; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

ANTIESTROGEN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; TAMOXIFEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VENA N I. V.;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST METASTASIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SURGERY; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MASTECTOMY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENECTOMY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA;

EID: 36048993716     PISSN: 16613791     EISSN: 16613805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000109238     Document Type: Article

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