Post-splenectomy response in adult patients with immune thrombocytopenic purpura

Asian Journal of Transfusion Science

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 6-9

  Supe, Avinash ^a   Parikh, Maulik ^a   Prabhu, Ramkrishna ^a   Kantharia, Chetan ^a   Farah, Jijina ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Idiopathic purpura; Surgical therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858263380     PISSN: 09736247     EISSN: 19983565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-6247.45255     Document Type: Article

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