Intracranial haemorrhage among Chinese children with immune thrombocytopenia in a Hong Kong regional hospital

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 129-134

  So, M Y ^a   Li, C H ^b   Lee, Anselm C W ^b   Kwong, N S ^b  

^a ALICE HO MIU LING NETHERSOLE HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b TUEN MUN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Child; Chinese; Idiopathic; Intracranial hemorrhages; Purpura; Thrombocytopenic

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; RITUXIMAB; STEROID; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT RETRACTION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE STUDY; CHILD CARE; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HEADACHE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; INFANT; MALE; MUCOSAL BLEEDING; NEUROSURGERY; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTERIOR FOSSA; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPLENECTOMY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION;

CHILD; CHINESE; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PLATELET TRANSFUSION; PROGNOSIS; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPLENECTOMY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84876059050     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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