Post-varicella thrombocytopenic purpura

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 99, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1385-1388

  Amir, Achiya ^a   Gilad, Oded ^a   Yacobovich, Joanne ^b   Scheuerman, Oded ^a   Tamary, Hannah ^b   Garty, Ben Zion ^a  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Children; Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura; Varicella

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN D ANTIBODY; STEROID;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; MALE; MELENA; MENORRHAGIA; MUCOSAL BLEEDING; ORAL BLEEDING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; REINFECTION; RELAPSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ADOLESCENT; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; MALE; PLATELET COUNT; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77955912813     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2010.01842.x     Document Type: Article

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