Risk of arterial thrombosis in patients with primary chronic immune thrombocytopenia: A Danish population-based cohort study

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 109-111

  Nørgaard, Mette ^a   Severinsen, Marianne Tang ^b   Lund Mægbæk, Merete ^a   Jensen, Annette Østergaard ^a   Cha, Steven ^c   Sørensen, Henrik Toft ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c AMGEN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial thrombosis; Population based cohort study; Primary chronic immune thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; AUTOIMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LETTER; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PATHOGENESIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIMARY CHRONIC IMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84866325813     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2012.09231.x     Document Type: Letter

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