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THROMBOHEMOLYTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA

Archives of Internal Medicine, 1954
THE DISEASE thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura refers to a condition characterized by an unusual triad: hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenic purpura, and multiple hyaline thrombi throughout the small vessels of the body. The occurrence of thrombi in cranial blood vessels gives rise to the characteristic cerebral symptoms.
E, ADELSON, E J, HEITZMAN, J F, FENNESSEY   +2 more
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Congenital thrombocytopenic purpura

The Journal of Pediatrics, 1947
Summary Congenital thrombocytopenic purpura has occurred as a familial condition in three successive children of a mother previously splenectomized for thrombocytopenic purpura. In each of these children there has been a gradual spontaneous recovery to a normal blood picture during the first 2 months of life, and following recovery there has been no ...
J, TALMADGE, B, BERMAN
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Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America, 2007
Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is an autoantibody-mediated thrombocytopenic disorder in which accelerated destruction of platelets occurs; platelet production may also be impaired by these antibodies. ITP is characterized by mucocutaneous bleeding. Rarely, more severe hemorrhages, such as intracranial hemorrhage, may occur. Traditional therapies,
Bethan, Psaila, James B, Bussel
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Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Pediatric Emergency Care, 2011
In 1924, Dr Eli Moschcowitz described a 16-year-old adolescent girl with abrupt onset of petechiae, hemolytic anemia, followed by paralysis, coma, and death. Autopsy showed widespread hyaline thrombi in the terminal arterioles and capillaries of various organs. The syndrome described by Moschowitz is now known as thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura.
Alex, Koyfman, Elizabeth, Brém, Vincent W, Chiang   +2 more
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Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

New England Journal of Medicine, 2019
Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura A 35-year-old man presented with a 2-day history of abdominal pain and headache. A peripheral-blood smear showed numerous schistocytes, and a diagnosis of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura was made.
Shruti Bhandari, Rohit Kumar
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Recurrent Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Pediatrics, 1997
To the Editor. In the May 1996 issue of Pediatrics, Dr. Vlacha and collaborators presented a case of recurrent thrombocytopenic purpura after measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccination. The possibility that MMR vaccine may exacerbate chronic or recurrent thrombocytopenia was also raised in their discussion.
M A, Lloyd-Puryear, G S, Evans, T E, Balbier   +2 more
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Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Postgraduate Medicine, 1962
The acute form of ITP may be drug-induced or may follow infection or exposure to chemicals. The chronic form represents a self-perpetuating immunologic (auto-immune) disorder, at times associated with chronic lymphatic leukemia and other disorders. In some cases, it may be a prodrome of systemic lupus, to which it seems to be closely related.
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THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA

Medical Journal of Australia, 1957
A 40-year-old obese black woman has had weakness and epigastric pain for several weeks and diarrhea and vomiting for four days. She does not appear acutely ill; the physical examination is normal except for abdominal tenderness. Her hematocrit is 25 percent. The platelet count is 10,000 per cubic millimeter.
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Thrombocytopenic purpura in tuberculosis

British Journal of Tuberculosis and Diseases of the Chest, 1956
Summary Two cases of thrombocytopenic purpura in tuberculosis are reported. One patient died and post-mortem revealed acid-fast bacilli in the spleen and liver. A second case recovered after splenectomy.
S Z, KALINOWSKI, J M, WALKER
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Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Acta Medica Scandinavica, 1952
Abstract 1.1. The clinical and pathologic observations of two cases of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura are presented. 2.2. This condition is characterized by the clinical triad of (1) hemolytic anemia; (2) thrombocytopenic purpura and (3) mental and neurologic abnormalities which may be bizarre or transient.
F, RACKOW, L, STEINGOLD, J H F, WOOD
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