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Progressive bruising in an otherwise healthy child: immune thrombocytopenia purpura

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 March 2015

Jason D. Heiner  and
Trent L. Morgan
Jason D. Heiner*
Affiliation:
Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Trent L. Morgan
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, TX
*
Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Washington, 1959 Northeast Pacific Street, Box 356123, Seattle, WA 98195; jheiner@uw.edu

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Type
Knowledge To Practice • Des connaissances à la pratique
Information
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 16 , Issue 2 , March 2014 , pp. 158 - 159
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2014

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