Prognosis of acquired hemophilia in older people

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 956-958

  Girault, Stéphane ^a   Ly, Kim ^a   Jaccard, Arnaud ^a   Loustaud, Véronique ^a   Turlure, Pascal ^a   Julia, Annie ^a   Bordessoule, Dominique ^a   Vidal, Elisabeth ^a   Liozon, Eric ^a  

^a DUPUYTREN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED PROTHROMBIN COMPLEX; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7A; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8 CONCENTRATE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB;

ACQUIRED HEMOPHILIA; AGED; AGING; BLEEDING; BLOOD TOXICITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEMOPHILIA; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; INTENSIVE CARE; LETTER; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOANTIBODIES; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FACTOR VIII; FEMALE; HEMOPHILIA A; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 43249100530     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.01661.x     Document Type: Letter

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