Osteonecrosis in a patient with immune thrombocytopenic purpura
- 1 September 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in American Journal of Hematology
- Vol. 26 (1) , 97-99
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ajh.2830260113
Abstract
We report a case of osteonecrosis in a 26‐year‐old woman treated with prednisone for immune thrombocytopenic purpura. The unusual complication occurred after a much shorter course of steroids of a considerably smaller cumulative dose than in previously reported cases.Keywords
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