Infantile idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura

Ami Ballin*, Gili Kenet, Hana Tamary, Gideon Rechavi, Gabi Chividalli, Yoav Burstein, Tsivia Tauber, Moshe Nussinovitch, Dina Meytes

*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

7 Scopus citations

Abstract

Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) in childhood is a benign disease, as only 10% to 20% of (he patients have a chronic course. A retrospective study of 57 ITP patients ranging in age from four months to two years revealed that 30% of them proceeded to chronicity. Unlike ITP in the general pediatric population, chronic infantile ITP was characterized by male predominance, a high frequency of preceding viral infections, and lack of responsiveness to any of the known modalities of treatment.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)323-328
Number of pages6
JournalPediatric Hematology and Oncology
Volume7
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 1990
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Idiopathic thrombocytopenia purpura
  • Infant

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Infantile idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this