Thrombocytopenia in patients with chronic liver disease: What's in a name?

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 299-301

  Giannini, Edoardo G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CHRONIC PATIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; MORTALITY; NOTE; STATISTICS; VETERAN;

FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VETERANS;

EID: 84876342291     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: 15732568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-012-2450-7     Document Type: Editorial

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