Cyclosporin A in the treatment of refractory immune thrombocytopenia purpura in children
β Scribed by Benjamin Gesundheit; Gabriel Cividalli; Arnold Freeman; Shaul Yatziv; Gideon Koren; Sylvain Baruchel
- Book ID
- 114423036
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 109 KB
- Volume
- 66
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0902-4441
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Childhood immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) has a favorable outcome in most cases but severe bleeding may occur, mostly in children with very low platelet counts. Although first-line therapies are well defined, management of refractory ITP is not consensual. Vinblastine (VBL) is one second-line treatmen
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