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Thrombocytopenic purpura

MedGen UID:
208992
Concept ID:
C0857305
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Purpura, Thrombocytopenic; Purpura, Thrombopenic; Purpuras, Thrombocytopenic; Purpuras, Thrombopenic; Thrombocytopenic Purpura; Thrombocytopenic Purpuras; Thrombopenic Purpura; Thrombopenic Purpuras
SNOMED CT: Thrombocytopenic purpura (302873008)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0043768

Definition

Purpura associated with a reduction in circulating blood platelets which can result from a variety of factors. [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

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Int J Lab Hematol 2022 Sep;44 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):101-113. doi: 10.1111/ijlh.13954. PMID: 36074708Free PMC Article
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Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Nusrat S, Beg K, Khan O, Sinha A, George J
Genes (Basel) 2023 Oct 18;14(10) doi: 10.3390/genes14101956. PMID: 37895305Free PMC Article
Akwaa F, Antun A, Cataland SR
Blood 2022 Aug 4;140(5):438-444. doi: 10.1182/blood.2021014514. PMID: 35667044
Subhan M, Scully M
Blood Rev 2022 Sep;55:100945. Epub 2022 Feb 17 doi: 10.1016/j.blre.2022.100945. PMID: 35216839
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Rom J Intern Med 2019 Dec 1;57(4):273-283. doi: 10.2478/rjim-2019-0014. PMID: 31199777
Lambert MP, Gernsheimer TB
Blood 2017 May 25;129(21):2829-2835. Epub 2017 Apr 17 doi: 10.1182/blood-2017-03-754119. PMID: 28416506Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

DeSouza S, Angelini D
Cleve Clin J Med 2021 Dec 2;88(12):664-668. doi: 10.3949/ccjm.88a.20201. PMID: 34857604
Onisâi M, Vlădăreanu AM, Spînu A, Găman M, Bumbea H
Rom J Intern Med 2019 Dec 1;57(4):273-283. doi: 10.2478/rjim-2019-0014. PMID: 31199777
Joly BS, Coppo P, Veyradier A
Expert Rev Hematol 2019 Jun;12(6):383-395. Epub 2019 May 20 doi: 10.1080/17474086.2019.1611423. PMID: 31107120
Despotovic JM, Grimes AB
Hematology Am Soc Hematol Educ Program 2018 Nov 30;2018(1):405-411. doi: 10.1182/asheducation-2018.1.405. PMID: 30504339Free PMC Article
Kistangari G, McCrae KR
Hematol Oncol Clin North Am 2013 Jun;27(3):495-520. doi: 10.1016/j.hoc.2013.03.001. PMID: 23714309Free PMC Article

Therapy

Al-Samkari H, Neufeld EJ
Br J Haematol 2023 Oct;203(1):65-78. doi: 10.1111/bjh.19078. PMID: 37735554Free PMC Article
Rodeghiero F
Int J Hematol 2023 Mar;117(3):316-330. Epub 2023 Jan 9 doi: 10.1007/s12185-022-03527-1. PMID: 36622549
Miltiadous O, Hou M, Bussel JB
Blood 2020 Feb 13;135(7):472-490. doi: 10.1182/blood.2019003599. PMID: 31756253Free PMC Article
Ghanima W, Cooper N, Rodeghiero F, Godeau B, Bussel JB
Haematologica 2019 Jun;104(6):1112-1123. Epub 2019 May 9 doi: 10.3324/haematol.2018.212845. PMID: 31073079Free PMC Article
Scully M, Cataland SR, Peyvandi F, Coppo P, Knöbl P, Kremer Hovinga JA, Metjian A, de la Rubia J, Pavenski K, Callewaert F, Biswas D, De Winter H, Zeldin RK; HERCULES Investigators
N Engl J Med 2019 Jan 24;380(4):335-346. Epub 2019 Jan 9 doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1806311. PMID: 30625070

Prognosis

Béranger N, Coppo P, Tsatsaris V, Boisseau P, Provôt F, Delmas Y, Poullin P, Vanhoorelbeke K, Veyradier A, Joly BS
Blood Adv 2024 Jan 9;8(1):183-193. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2023011972. PMID: 38039511Free PMC Article
Kohli R, Chaturvedi S
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Aster RH, Bougie DW
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Clinical prediction guides

Akwaa F, Antun A, Cataland SR
Blood 2022 Aug 4;140(5):438-444. doi: 10.1182/blood.2021014514. PMID: 35667044
DeSouza S, Angelini D
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Recent systematic reviews

Zhang H, Shi L, Shang H, Yang H
Am J Reprod Immunol 2024 Nov;92(5):e70008. doi: 10.1111/aji.70008. PMID: 39498982
Di Pietrantonj C, Rivetti A, Marchione P, Debalini MG, Demicheli V
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Gkegkes ID, Mourtarakos S, Iavazzo C
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