Newly diagnosed immune thrombocytopenia in children and adults: A comparative prospective observational registry of the intercontinental cooperative immune thrombocytopenia study group

Haematologica

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1831-1837

  Kühne, Thomas ^a   Berchtold, Willi ^b   Michaels, Lisa A ^c   Wu, Runhui ^d   Donato, Hugo ^e   Espina, Bibiana ^f   Tamary, Hannah ^g   Rodeghiero, Francesco ^h   Chitlur, Meera ⁱ   Rischewski, Johannes ^j   Imbach, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b Statistical consultant   (Switzerland)

^c ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e Children's Hospital   (Israel)

^f Grupo Hematologico del Sur   (Israel)

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

^h SAN BORTOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

ⁱ CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^j Children's Hospital of Lucerne   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

Comparative data; Differences; Immune thrombocytopenia; Newly diagnosed; Similarities

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING DISORDER; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIA; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET COUNT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; REGISTRIES;

EID: 82855177871     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: 15928721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2011.050799     Document Type: Article

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