Intracranial hemorrhage in acute and chronic childhood immune thrombocytopenic purpura over a ten-year period: An egyptian multicenter study

Acta Haematologica

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-63

  Elalfy, Mohsen ^a   Elbarbary, Nancy ^a   Khaddah, Normine ^b   Abdelwahab, Magy ^b   El Rashidy, Farida ^c   Hassab, Hoda ^d   Al Tonbary, Youssef ^e  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^e MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Immune thrombocytopenic purpura; Intracranial hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN D ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MALE; PLATELET COUNT; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70849122126     PISSN: 00015792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000262293     Document Type: Article

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