How I manage neonatal thrombocytopenia

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 155-162

  Chakravorty, Subarna ^a,b   Roberts, Irene ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Immune thrombocytopenia; Neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia; Neonatal thrombocytopenia; Platelet transfusion; Platelets

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEONATAL ALLOIMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN; ONSET AGE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMATURITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PLATELET TRANSFUSION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA, NEONATAL ALLOIMMUNE;

EID: 84155195209     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2011.08892.x     Document Type: Review

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