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Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura

Contemporary Clinical Dentistry, 2014
Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is defined as a hematologic disorder, characterized by isolated thrombocytopenia without a clinically apparent cause.
L Kayal, S Jayachandran, Khushboo Singh
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Thrombocytopenia: diagnosis with flow cytometry and antiplatelet antibodies [PDF]

Einstein (São Paulo), 2011
Objective: To identify antiplatelet antibodies by flow cytometry (direct method) in patients with thrombocytopenia. Methods: Between January 1997 and March 2004 a total of 15100 patients were referred to the Centro de Hematologia de São Paulo for ...
João Carlos de Campos Guerra, Ruth Hissae Kanayama, Sonia Tsukasa Nozawa, Márcia Regina Ioshida, Irina Yoko Takiri, Robson José Lazaro, Nelson Hamerschlak, Luiz Gastão Mange Rosenfeld, Celso Carlos de Campos Guerra, Nydia Strachman Bacal   +9 more
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Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura [PDF]

Current Paediatrics, 1995
Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura in children usually a self limiting disorder. It may follow a viral infection or immunisation and is caused by an inappropriate response of the immune system. About 20-30% of children will fail to remit over six months (chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura).
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Platelet count response to Helicobacter pylori eradication for idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura in northeastern Brazil

Hematology, Transfusion and Cell Therapy, 2018
Background: Several studies have demonstrated that platelet counts in Helicobacter pylori-positive patients with chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura improved significantly after successful eradication of the infection.
Alzira Maria de Castro Barbosa, Rosangela Albuquerque Ribeiro, Cícero Ígor Simões Moura Silva, Francisco Will Saraiva Cruz, Orleancio Gomes Ripardo de Azevedo, Maria Helena da Silva Pitombeira, Lucia Libanez Campelo Braga   +6 more
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Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura in a patient with situs inversus totalis: case report and literature review

Einstein (São Paulo), 2020
Situs inversus totalis is a rare recessive autosomal congenital abnormality in which the mediastinal and abdominal organs are in a mirrored position when compared to the usual topography.
Carolina Rodrigues Dal Bo, Beatriz Piovesana Devito, Leticia Piovesana Devito, Gabriella Paes del Papa, Nelson Hamerschlak   +4 more
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IDIOPATHIC TROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA DURING PREGNANCY.OBSTETRICS AND PERENATAL RISKS

Акушерство, гинекология и репродукция, 2016
Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura is a relatively rare disease, especially during pregnancy. Currently, there are many ways of diagnostics, monitoring and treatment of patients.
V. B. Tskhay, E. K. Grebennikova
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Sequential occurrence of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, essential thrombocythemia, and idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura in a 42-year-old African-American woman: a case report and review of the literature

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2012
Introduction Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura and idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura are two well recognized syndromes that are characterized by low platelet counts. In contrast, essential thrombocythemia is a myeloproliferative disease characterized
Farhat Mirna H, Kuriakose Philip, Jawad Michael, Hanbali Amr   +3 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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Púrpura trombocitopênica imunológica como manifestação inicial de lúpus eritematoso sistêmico juvenil Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura as initial manifestation of juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus

Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia, 2003
Os pacientes com púrpura trombocitopênica imunológica apresentam risco aumentado para desenvolver lúpus eritematoso sistêmico, principalmente quando a doença evolui de forma crônica. Alguns autores observaram que o sexo feminino, a idade mais avançada, a
Josefina Aparecida Pellegrini Braga, Mary Hokazono, Maria Teresa R. A. Terreri, Maria Odete E. Hilário   +3 more
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Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura after Mastectomy and Axillary Lymph Node Dissection

Case Reports in Surgery, 2014
First described in 1916, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is an autoimmune disease resulting in the destruction of platelets. Here, we present a case of an 85-year-old patient diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast whose surgical
Wil L. Santivasi, Meghan M. Routt, Alicia M. Terando   +2 more
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