Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura in childhood: A 10-year audit

Hematology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 175-180

  Paling, A ^a   Stefan, D Cristina ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Audit; Childhood; ITP

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; PREDNISONE; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSHINGOID SYNDROME; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; IMMUNIZATION; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH AFRICA; SPLENECTOMY; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; INFANT; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 55849108827     PISSN: 10245332     EISSN: 16078454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/102453308X316167     Document Type: Article

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