Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura in Infants
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Epidemiology of Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura in Children
Abstract Background Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is a common autoimmune bleeding condition in children that is characterized by a decrease in the platelet count. The aims of this study were to define epidemiologic features of patients with primary ITP who were admitted to Mofid Children's Hospital, Tehran, Iran, in a 5-year period. Methods We retrospectively studied the records of ...
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Purpura is a relatively common symptom in childhood and may be due to a variety of causes. A platelet count enables one to exclude the nonthrombocytopenic variety, but more elaborate investigations are needed to exclude other primary conditions which are often associated with thrombocytopenia, e.g. leukaemia. There remains a group of patients with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura and it is w...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
سال: 1991
ISSN: 0888-0018,1521-0669
DOI: 10.3109/08880019109028817