Immune thrombocytopaenia in adults: A single-centre retrospective review of patients presenting over 7 years

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 1312, 2010, Pages 18-25

  McDonald, Emma Jane ^a   Butler, Andrew ^a  

^a CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; ELTROMBOPAG; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPLENECTOMY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; AZATHIOPRINE; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD COAGULATION FACTORS; BONE MARROW; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LUPUS COAGULATION INHIBITOR; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT ADMISSION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PLATELET COUNT; PLATELET TRANSFUSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDNISONE; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPLENECTOMY; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 77951150281     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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