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Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1991
CASE PRESENTATION —Charles T. Bingham III, MD A 27-YEAR-OLD man was transferred to The Johns Hopkins Hospital for evaluation of delirium. Five days prior to admission he had presented to another hospital with hematemesis and syncope. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy revealed the presence of a 0.5-cm gastric ulcer.
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THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA

Annals of Internal Medicine, 1953
Excerpt Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura is a rare disease of which only a few cases have been diagnosed ante mortem.4Because of the rarity of diagnosis, other than at the autopsy table, few lab...
W S, GREEN, T W, GREEN
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Thrombocytopenic purpura of pigs

Journal of Comparative Pathology, 1968
Abstract A disease of young piglets is described which is characterised by multiple haemorrhages and death of a part or the whole of a litter. Serial haematological examinations indicated that the haemorrhages were correlated with a fall in the numbers of thrombocytes.
C N, Saunders, D A, Kinch
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Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice, 1980
The finding of thrombocytopenia with normal or increased megakaryocytes on bone marrow aspirate supports the diagnosis of ITP. It is essential, however, that every effort be made to exclude other causes of the consumption of platelets. Most cases of chronic ITP are immune in origin; consequently, steroid therapy is the initial treatment of choice ...
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Autoimmune Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America, 1990
The classic therapies of ITP are corticosteroids and splenectomy. These therapies will suffice to treat the majority of patients. In any patient with ITP in whom an urgent rise in the platelet count is required, especially children with acute ITP at diagnosis, gammaglobulin in combination with corticosteroids is very effective.
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Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Archives of Internal Medicine, 1986
To the Editor. —There is more evidence that genetic factors predispose to chronic immunologic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) than is summarized by Bogart and Wittels in their article on ITP in two elderly siblings in the December 1985 issue of theArchives.
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THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA IN PREGNANCY

Journal of the American Medical Association, 1955
Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura is a rare disease. The concomitant occurrence of this entity with pregnancy is an unusual finding and furthermore carries a high mortality. Yet such cases are truly worth extensive study and indeed have led to a significant clarification of the pathogenesis of thrombocytopenic purpura.
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Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Annals of Internal Medicine, 1980
Excerpt Originally described in 1925 (1), thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura remained until recently a fulminating and rapidly fatal disorder. Fortunately, it has been rare.
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Thrombocytopenic purpura

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, 1959
R J, ENGLERT, H N, PASQUAL, M, LITT
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Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1982
Though thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is not a common disorder, having an estimated annual incidence of one per million population, it merits attention.1First, it afflicts those in the prime of life between the third and fourth decade. Second, it generally runs a fulminant course with mortality in excess of 8096.
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