Selective validation of the WHO Bleeding Scale in patients with chronic immune thrombocytopenia

Current Medical Research and Opinion

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 79-87

  Fogarty, Patrick F ^a   Tarantino, Michael D ^b   Brainsky, Andres ^c   Signorovitch, James ^d   Grotzinger, Kelly M ^c  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Bleeding and Clotting Disorders Institute   (United States)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^d ANALYSIS GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

Bleeding; Bruising; Eltrombopag; Immune thrombocytopenia; Validation; WHO Bleeding Scale

Indexed keywords

ELTROMBOPAG; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIA; BLEEDING; CHRONIC IMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SKIN BRUISING; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDATION STUDY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION BLEEDING SCALE;

ADULT; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE III AS TOPIC; CONTUSIONS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84855923023     PISSN: 03007995     EISSN: 14734877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1185/03007995.2011.644849     Document Type: Article

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