Predictors for splenectomy among patients with primary chronic immune thrombocytopenia: A population-based cohort study from Denmark

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 207-212

  Jensen, Annette Østergaard ^a   Nørgaard, Mette ^a   Engebjerg, Malene Cramer ^a   Farkas, Dora Körmendiné ^a   Fryzek, Jon P ^b   Zhao, Sean ^b   Sørensen, Henrik Toft ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AMGEN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic immune thrombocytopenia; Cohort study; Risk; Splenectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPLENECTOMY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; PLATELET COUNT; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SPLENECTOMY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 78751591206     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-010-1047-5     Document Type: Article

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