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Corticosteroid-responsive prolonged thrombocytopenia following dengue haemorrhagic fever

Leong KW 1 , Srinivas P 1

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  • 1 Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Lembah Pantai, Kuala Lumpur
Med J Malaysia, 1993 Sep;48(3):369-72.
PMID: 8183156

Abstract

A case of prolonged thrombocytopenia following dengue haemorrhagic fever in a 15 year old boy is reported. The mechanism was presumed to be immunological and he responded dramatically to oral prednisolone.

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