Neonatal thrombocytopenia: Etiology, management and outcome

Expert Review of Hematology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 387-395

  Gunnink, Suzanne F ^a   Vlug, Roos ^b   Fijnvandraat, Karin ^c   Van Der Bom, Johanna G ^a   Stanworth, Simon J ^d   Lopriore, Enrico ^b  

^a CENTRAL LABORATORY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Platelet transfusion; Premature infant; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

BLEEDING; HUMAN; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEONATAL THROMBOCYTOPENIA; ONSET AGE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL GROWTH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEPSIS; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEMORRHAGE; NEWBORN; THROMBOCYTOPENIA, NEONATAL ALLOIMMUNE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PLATELET TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA, NEONATAL ALLOIMMUNE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84900843222     PISSN: 17474086     EISSN: 17474094     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/17474086.2014.902301     Document Type: Review

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