Methylprednisolone-induced immune thrombocytopenia

Blood

Volumn 115, Issue 26, 2010, Pages 5431-5432

  Royer, Bruno ^a   Lee, Ketty ^b   Gruson, Berengere ^a   Roszkiewicz, France ^a   Al Khedr, Abdullatif ^a   Colson, Agnes ^b   Camboulives, Agnes ^b   Bierling, Philippe ^b   Marolleau, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b ETABLISSEMENT FRANÇAIS DU SANG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FC RECEPTOR; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AUTOIMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORESIS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MOUTH CAVITY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; ORAL BLEEDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURPURA; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

HUMANS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 77955869176     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: 15280020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2010-01-264986     Document Type: Letter

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