Lupus thrombocytopenia: clinical implications and prognostic significance
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Lupus thrombocytopenia: clinical implications and prognostic significance.
OBJECTIVES To clarify clinical manifestations, association with disease activity, and prognostic impact of thrombocytopenia using simple and reliable indices. METHODS 632 patients were reviewed retrospectively. Fifty patients with thrombocytopenia were included as cases and matched with 100 control patients. Clinical manifestations at first thrombocytopenic episode were recorded. Classificati...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0003-4967
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2004.033100