Prophylactic platelets in dengue: Survey responses highlight lack of an evidence base

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Whitehorn, James ^a,b   Roche, Rosmari Rodriguez ^c   Guzman, Maria G ^c   Martinez, Eric ^c   Gomez, Wilmar ^d   Nainggolan, Leonard ^e   Laksono, Ida Safitri ^f   Mishra, Ajay ^g   Lum, Lucy ^h   Faiz, Abul ⁱ   Sall, Amadou ^j   Dawurung, Joshua ^k   Borges, Alvaro ^l,m   Leo, Yee Sin ⁿ   Blumberg, Lucille ^o   Bausch, Daniel G ^p   Kroeger, Axel ^q   Horstick, Olaf ^r   Thwaites, Guy ^s   Wertheim, Heiman ^b   Larsson, Mattias ^b   Hien, Tran Tinh ^b   Peeling, Rosanna ^a   Wills, Bridget ^b   Simmons, Cameron ^b   Farrar, Jeremy ^b   more..

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD UNIVERSITY CLINICAL RESEARCH UNIT   (Viet Nam)

^c INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL PEDRO KOURÍ   (Cuba)

^d Hospital Universitario de Sincelejo   (Colombia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

^f GADJAH MADA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^g Sunderlal Memorial Hospital   (India)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

ⁱ Sir Sallimullah Medical College   (Bangladesh)

^j INSTITUT PASTEUR DE DAKAR   (Senegal)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI   (Nigeria)

^l UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^m FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

ⁿ TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^o NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^p TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^q WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^r UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^s KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DENGUE; EPISTAXIS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; MALE; MUCOSAL BLEEDING; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHOCK; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VAGINA BLEEDING; ADOLESCENT; CASE REPORT; METHODOLOGY; THROMBOCYTE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD PLATELETS; DENGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PLATELET TRANSFUSION; QUESTIONNAIRES; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863688919     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001716     Document Type: Article

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