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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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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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Multiple domains of ADAMTS13 are targeted by autoantibodies against ADAMTS13 in patients with acquired idiopathic thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura

Haematologica, 2010
Background Type G immunoglobulins against ADAMTS13 are the primary cause of acquired (idiopathic) thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. However, the domains of ADAMTS13 which the type G anti-ADAMT13 immunoglobulins target have not been investigated in a ...
X. Long Zheng, Haifeng M. Wu, Dezhi Shang, Erica Falls, Christopher G. Skipwith, Spero R. Cataland, Charles L. Bennett, Hau C. Kwaan   +7 more
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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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Secondary immune-mediated thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura in idiopathic inflammatory myopathy: a case-based review

Rheumatology International, 2022
Immune-mediated thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (iTTP) is a potentially fatal acquired thrombotic microangiopathy syndrome that frequently develops in the context of infectious diseases or systemic autoimmune conditions including connective tissue ...
N. Ruffer, M. Holzer, L. Bal, S. Melderis, M. Krusche, T. Huber, I. Kötter   +6 more
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Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Definitions, 2020
Five patients with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) associated with malignant lymphoma are presented, and twelve other cases reported in the literature are reviewed. Thirteen patients (76%) had Hodgkin's disease; two had diffuse histiocytic, one,
K. Fink
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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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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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Purpura with regular shape in an adolescent: Beware of dermatitis artefacta

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2022
BackgroundPurpura is common in pediatric patients, mostly diagnosed as IgA-related vasculitis (Henoch–Schönlein purpura), idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP). However, in some cases, for example, cases
Yuhao Chen, Yuhao Chen, Lin Li, Jing Lu, Jing Lu   +4 more
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