Efficacy of cyclosporine as a single agent therapy in chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura

Haematologica

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Choudhary, D R ^a,b   Naithani, R ^a   Mahapatra, M ^a   Kumar, R ^a   Mishra, P ^a   Saxena, R ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b SIR GANGA RAM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Cyclosporine; Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; LETTER; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CYCLOSPORINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; RECURRENCE;

EID: 54349110881     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3324/haematol.13481     Document Type: Letter

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