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Mega-dose intravenous methylprednisone for the treatment of onyalai: a case report.

S Ozsoylu1, G Ertürk.   

Abstract

Onyalai, a peculiar manifestation of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura characterized by a haemorrhagic bullae of the oral mucosa and lips, was diagnosed in a 1.5-month-old Turkish boy. He was treated with mega-dose intravenous methylprednisolone (30 mg/kg for 3 days) with prompt platelet response and improvement of oral mucosal findings.

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Year:  1991        PMID: 2029911     DOI: 10.1007/bf01955517

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Eur J Pediatr        ISSN: 0340-6199            Impact factor:   3.183


  6 in total

1.  Onyalai (a form of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura) in the United States. A report of two patients.

Authors:  M B Harris; S Murphy; F A Oski
Journal:  Clin Pediatr (Phila)       Date:  1972-12       Impact factor: 1.168

2.  Onyalai--a disappearing disease entity. A case report and review of the literature.

Authors:  A C Wicks
Journal:  Cent Afr J Med       Date:  1972-05

3.  Idiopathic thrombocytopaenic purpura and Onyalai in Zimbabwean Africans.

Authors:  R Goldin; M Gelfand
Journal:  Cent Afr J Med       Date:  1980-11

4.  High-dose intravenous methylprednisolone for acute childhood idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura.

Authors:  S Ozsoylu; G Irken; A Karabent
Journal:  Eur J Haematol       Date:  1989-05       Impact factor: 2.997

5.  Onyalai in Namibia. Clinical manifestations, haematological findings, course and management of 103 patients in the Kavango territory.

Authors:  P B Hesseling
Journal:  Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg       Date:  1987       Impact factor: 2.184

6.  Treatment of onyalai with prednisolone, intravenous gammaglobulin and ascorbic acid. A prospective clinical trial.

Authors:  P B Hesseling; B Girdle-Brown; E Oosthuysen; J Smit
Journal:  S Afr Med J       Date:  1984-12-15
  6 in total

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