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CNR2 functional variant (Q63R) influences childhood immune thrombocytopenic purpura

Haematologica, 2011
Immune thrombocytopenic purpura is an acquired autoimmune disorder that is the most common cause of thrombocytopenia in children. The endocannabinoid system is involved in immune regulation.
Francesca Rossi, Silvia Mancusi, Giulia Bellini, Domenico Roberti, Francesca Punzo, Simona Vetrella, Sofia Maria Rosaria Matarese, Bruno Nobili, Sabatino Maione, Silverio Perrotta   +9 more
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Physician decision making in selection of second-line treatments in immune thrombocytopenia in children. [PDF]

, 2018
Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is an acquired autoimmune bleeding disorder which presents with isolated thrombocytopenia and risk of hemorrhage. While most children with ITP promptly recover with or without drug therapy, ITP is persistent or chronic in ...
Bennett, Carolyn M., Breakey, Vicky R., Brown, Travis, Buchanan, George R., Bussel, James B., Crary, Shelley E., Despotovic, Jenny M., Forbes, Peter W., Geddis, Amy, Grace, Rachael F., Haley, Kristina M., Hege, Kerry, Jeng, Michael, Klaassen, Robert J., Lambert, Michele P., Lorenzana, Adonis, Neier, Michelle, Neufeld, Ellis J., Neunert, Cindy, Pastore, Yves D., Rose, Melissa J., Rothman, Jennifer A., Shimano, Kristin A., Thompson, Alexis   +23 more
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Tuberculosis associated thrombocytopenic purpura: effectiveness of antituberculous therapy

Hematology Reports, 2009
Association of immune thrombocytopenic purpura and tuberculosis is a rare condition. In 5 patients presenting with this association, anti-tuberculous therapy was effective on both tuberculosis and thrombocytopenia suggesting a causal relationship between
Raphael Borie, Claire Fieschi, Eric Oksenhendler, Lionel Galicier   +3 more
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Post-Partum Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP) in a Patient with known Idiopathic (Immune) Thrombocytopenic Purpura: a case report and review of the literature

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2018
Background Incidences of immune thrombocytopenic purpura occur in 1 in every 1000–10,000 pregnancies accounting for 3% of all thrombocytopenic pregnancies.
Naser Al-Husban, Oqba Al-Kuran
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Eltrombopag for the treatment of immune thrombocytopenia: The aegean region of Turkey experience [PDF]

, 2015
Objective: Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is an immune-mediated disease characterized by transient or persistent decrease of the platelet count to less than 100x109/L. Although it is included in a benign disease group, bleeding complications may be mortal.
Alacacıoğlu, İ., Arslan, Ö., Bilgir, O., Bolaman, Z., Büyükkeçeci, F., Ceylan, C., Gökgöz, Z., Görgün, G., Kabukçu, Sibel, Kadıköylü, G., Kahraman, S., Keskin, A., Kiper, H.D., Payzın, B., Saydam, G., Sevindik, Ö.G., Tombuloğlu, M., Vural, F., Çağlıyan, G.A., Özcan, M.A., Özdemirkıran, F., Şahin, F.   +21 more
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Secondary immune thrombocytopenic purpura with renal cell carcinoma

IJU Case Reports, 2019
Introduction Several types of cancers are reported to induce secondary immune thrombocytopenia resembling immune thrombocytopenic purpura‐like syndrome. However, renal cell carcinoma‐induced immune thrombocytopenic purpura is an extremely rare phenomenon.
Shigeaki Nakazawa, Masataka Kawamura, Kosuke Nakano, Norichika Ueda, Hidefumi Kishikawa, Hirokazu Kashiwagi, Motohide Uemura, Ryoichi Imamura, Kenji Nishimura, Norio Nonomura   +9 more
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How I treat thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura and atypical haemolytic uraemic syndrome [PDF]

, 2014
Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) and atypical haemolytic uraemic syndrome (aHUS) are acute, rare life-threatening thrombotic microangiopathies that require rapid diagnosis and treatment.
Goodship, T, Scully, M
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Discussion required for correct interpretation [PDF]

, 2006
Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the editorial by Romero and colleagues [1], which raises a number of important and interesting questions.
Aguan, Bethin, Challis, Chan, Gary D. V Hankins, George R Saade, Radek Bukowski, Romero, Slater, Sparey, Steve Thornton   +10 more
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Immune Thrombocytopenia as a Consequence of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

Case Reports in Oncology, 2017
Primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) – also called idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura or immune thrombocytopenic purpura – is an acquired thrombocytopenia caused by autoantibodies against platelet antigens.
Cherisse Baldeo, Karan Seegobin, Lara Zuberi   +2 more
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Evaluation of the diagnostic performance of platelet-derived indices for the differential diagnosis of thrombocytopenia in pediatrics

Revista de la Facultad de Medicina, 2014
Background. Platelet-derived indices have a well-established correlation with the differential diagnosis of thrombocytopenia in adult-based research. These indices include mean platelet volume, platelet distribution width, and platelet-large cell ratio.
Nelson Hernando Aponte Barrios, Adriana Linares Ballesteros, Isabel Cristina Sarmiento Urbina, Gloria Inés Uribe Botero   +3 more
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