Unfurling the rationale use of platelet transfusion in dengue fever

Indian Journal of Hematology and Blood Transfusion

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 70-74

  Pallavi, P ^a   Ganesh, C K ^a   Jayashree, K ^a   Manjunath, G V ^a  

^a JSS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Dengue; Haemorrhagic fever; Platelet count; Platelet transfusion; Rationale use

Indexed keywords

THROMBOCYTE CONCENTRATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DENGUE; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; GINGIVA BLEEDING; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; PETECHIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROPREVALENCE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 79960837294     PISSN: 09714502     EISSN: 09740449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12288-011-0059-1     Document Type: Article

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