Possible lower rate of chronic ITP after IVIG for acute childhood ITP an analysis from registry i of the Intercontinental Cooperative ITP Study Group (ICIS)

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 180-184

  Tamminga, Rienk ^a   Berchtold, Willi ^b   Bruin, Marrie ^c   Buchanan, George R ^d   Kühne, Thomas ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS NORTHWESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Childhood; Chronic immune thrombocytopenic purpura; Intercontinental Cooperative ITP Study Group; Intravenous immunoglobulin

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; INFANT; MALE; PLATELET COUNT; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67649933232     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2009.07743.x     Document Type: Article

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