Progressive Systemic Sclerosis Complicated with Immune Thrombocytopenia during D-penicillamine Therapy.
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Progressive systemic sclerosis complicated with immune thrombocytopenia during D-penicillamine therapy.
Immune thrombocytopenia is a rare complication of progressive systemic sclerosis (PSS). A 47-year-old female with PSS treated with D-penicillamine developed immune thrombocytopenia, which promptly responded to prednisolone and withdrawal of D-penicillamine. Platelet-associated IgG was elevated and the bone marrow megakaryocyte count was normal. There was an inverse relationship between the leve...
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عنوان ژورنال: Internal Medicine
سال: 1992
ISSN: 0918-2918,1349-7235
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.31.244