High dose dexamethasone therapy shows better responses in acute immune thrombocytopenia than in chronic immune thrombocytopenia

Platelets

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 270-273

  Naithani, Rahul ^a   Mahapatra, M ^a   Kumar, Rajat ^a   Mishra, Pravas ^a   Saxena, Renu ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Dexamethasone; ITP; Steroids

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE IMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC IMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; OPEN STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELAPSE; SCHOOL CHILD; STOMACH DISEASE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952014914     PISSN: 09537104     EISSN: 13691635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09537101003637257     Document Type: Article

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