Coexistence of immune thrombocytopenic purpura and idiopathic membranous glomerulonephritis successfully treated with rituximab

Platelets

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 575-577

  Alkindi, Salam ^a   Khan, Saif ^b   Riyami, Dawood ^b   Farooqi, Mahfooz ^b   Pathare, Anil ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Oman)

Author keywords

Immune; membranous glomerularnephritis; rituximab; thrombocytopenic purpura

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; DEXAMETHASONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; RITUXIMAB; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING TENDENCY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ECCHYMOSIS; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; KIDNEY BIOPSY; MEMBRANOUS GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; MUCOSAL BLEEDING; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; REMISSION; SKIN BLEEDING; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, MURINE-DERIVED; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, MEMBRANOUS; HUMANS; PLATELET COUNT; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC;

EID: 77957978114     PISSN: 09537104     EISSN: 13691635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09537104.2010.494744     Document Type: Article

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