Rapid encephalopathy associated with anti-D immune globulin treatment for idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura

Acta Haematologica

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 100-103

  Golla, Sunitha ^a   Horkan, Clare ^c   Dogaru, Grigore ^d   Teske, Thomas E ^b   Christopher, Kenneth ^c  

^a METROWEST MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b El Centro   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Encephalopathy; Hemolysis; Rho (D) immune globulin

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; CREATINE; HEMOGLOBIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; RHESUS D ANTIBODY;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; RHO(D) IMMUNE GLOBULIN;

EID: 54849439188     PISSN: 00015792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000165693     Document Type: Article

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