Predicting response to splenectomy in children with immune thrombocytopenic purpura

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 140-144

  Wood, James H ^a   Partrick, David A ^a,b   Hays, Taru ^a   Ziegler, Moritz M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Immune thrombocytopenia purpura; Predictors; Splenectomy; Steroid

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PREDNISONE; RHESUS D ANTIBODY; RITUXIMAB; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENECTOMY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, CD20; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PLATELET COUNT; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC; RHO(D) IMMUNE GLOBULIN; SPLENECTOMY; STEROIDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 72649084690     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2009.10.026     Document Type: Article

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