title: Successful treatment of primary immune thrombocytopenia in aged patients using clarithromycin.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Medicine, Hokkaido Social Insurance Hospital, Sapporo, Japan. Electronic address: masshi@isis.ocn.ne.jp.
authors.forename: Masashi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohe
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology and Hematology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hashino
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D017291:Clarithromycin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D016480:Helicobacter pylori / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D007155:Immunologic Factors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016553:Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D007155:Immunologic Factors; D017291:Clarithromycin