title: ITP and empiric steroid treatment.
authors.forename: Samuel D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Esparza
authors.forename: Theodore B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: Stephen A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Feig
mesh_terms: D018931:Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001856:Bone Marrow Examination; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011241:Prednisone / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016553:Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D018931:Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal; D011241:Prednisone