High-dose dexamethasone as a first- and second-line treatment of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura in adults

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 83, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 764-768

  Borst, Filip ^a   Keuning, J J ^b   van Hulsteijn, H ^c   Sinnige, H ^d   Vreugdenhil, G ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MÁXIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c BERNHOVEN HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d JEROEN BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dexamethasone; Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PREDNISONE;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPHORIA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; INCREASED APPETITE; INSOMNIA; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; SPLENECTOMY; SWEAT GLAND DISEASE; SWEATING; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DEXAMETHASONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET COUNT; PREDNISONE; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; RECURRENCE; REMISSION INDUCTION;

EID: 8444229275     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-004-0908-1     Document Type: Article

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