Acute subdural hemorrhage associated with rifampicin-induced thrombocytopenia

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 199-200

  Kang, Sa Yoon ^a,b,c   Choi, Jay Chol ^a   Kang, Ji Hoon ^a   Lee, Jung Seok ^a  

^a Jeju National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Jeju National University   (South Korea)

^c Inha University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Rifampicin; Subdural hemorrhage; Thrombocytopenia; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; ETHAMBUTOL; HEMOGLOBIN; ISONIAZID; LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DROWSINESS; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PETECHIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASMAPHERESIS; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VOMITING;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BRAIN; FEMALE; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RIFAMPIN; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 77953539294     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-009-0187-7     Document Type: Article

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