Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura in elderly patients: A study of 47 cases from a single reference center

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 447-451

  Daou, Samira ^a   Federici, Laure ^a   Zimmer, Jacques ^b   Maloisel, Frédéric ^a   Serraj, Khalid ^a   Andrès, Emmanuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

^b LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Age; Corticosteroids; Danatrol; Elderly; Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura; Splenectomy

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DANAZOL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLEEDING; CHILL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; ELDERLY CARE; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FATALITY; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MYOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN BLEEDING; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WEAKNESS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DANAZOL; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 51449108174     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2007.07.006     Document Type: Article

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