Platelet transfusion "trigger" for lumbar puncture [2]

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 793-

  Feusner, J ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; BLEEDING; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; HUMAN; LETTER; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LYMPHOBLAST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

HUMANS; PLATELET COUNT; PLATELET TRANSFUSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SPINAL PUNCTURE;

EID: 9344242393     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.20201     Document Type: Letter

References (6)

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