Immune thrombocytopenic purpura in a patient treated with interferon alfacon-1

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 477-478

  Dimitroulopoulos, D ^a,c   Dourakis, S P ^b   Xinopoulos, D ^a   Tsamakidis, K ^a   Paraskevas, E ^a  

^a SAINT SAVVAS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b HIPPOKRATION HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis C virus infection; Immune thrombocytopenic purpura; Interferon alfacon 1

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; AMINOTRANSFERASE; CONSENSUS INTERFERON; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2B; THROMBOCYTE ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; IMMUNE RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 5044231347     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2893.2004.00536.x     Document Type: Article

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