Prediction of response to splenectomy in patients with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 488-493

  Shojaiefard, A ^a   Mousavi, S A ^a   Faghihi, S H ^a   Abdollahzade, S ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; MALE; PARAMETER; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REMISSION; SPLENECTOMY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PLATELET COUNT; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; RECURRENCE; SPLENECTOMY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 39749083383     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-007-9399-2     Document Type: Article

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