Comparison between pulsed high-dose dexamethasone and daily corticosteroid therapy for adult primary immune thrombocytopenia: A retrospective study

Internal Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 859-863

  Nakazaki, Kumi ^a,b   Hosoi, Masataka ^a   Hangaishi, Akira ^a   Ichikawa, Motoshi ^a   Nannya, Yasuhito ^a   Kurokawa, Mineo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

High dose dexamethasone; ITP; Prednisolone; Primary immune thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FLUSHING; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL PAIN; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INSOMNIA; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PRIMARY IMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIA; RELAPSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIDE EFFECT; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEXAMETHASONE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISOLONE; PULSE THERAPY, DRUG; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859815009     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.51.7005     Document Type: Article

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