BACKGROUND Gastrointestinal bleeding(GIB)is a major cause of hospitalization worldwide.Patients with hematologic malignancies have a higher risk of GIB as a result of thrombocytopenia and platelet dysfunction.There is...
Thrombocytopenia is common (up to 12%) in pregnancy;thrombotic thrombocytopenia is a rare cause of thrombocytopenia;however,it is immediately life-threatening to both mother and fetus and requires immediate interventi...
PCP and IA co-infection in HIV patients has been reported.[3] However,only nine cases co-infected with PCP and IA in non-HIV patients are reported.[4-6] Herein,we report a fatal case of PCP and IA co-infection in a pa...
Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is an acquired autoimmune disorder, defined by a platelet count of less than 100 × 109/L, secondary to impaired production and immune destruction of platelets. Bleeding tendency ...
BACKGROUND Thrombocytopenia associated with acute kidney injury is a challenging disorder. Thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) is a potentially life- or organ-threatening syndrome that can be induced by several disorders...
Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura(TTP) is a multisystem disorder that essentially can affect any organ in the human body. The hallmark of the pathogenesis in TTP is the large von Willebrand factor multimers on plate...
We present a case of a 29-year-old female from Sudan, who was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in 2005 and with immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) in 2009. The ITP immediately followed using, for four weeks...
The child patient, male, 4 months and 16 days old, was vaccinated orally by Type I Type III Live Attenuated Oral Poliomyelitis Vaccine (human diploid cells) at 10:45 a.m. on June 1st of 2016 in Shaoxian Community Heal...
We report the first case of a patient with hepatitis C virus(HCV) infection and idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura(ITP), who later developed acquired amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia(AAMT), with autoantibodies to the...
Objective:To explore new mechanisms of the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)spleen-based treatment of immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) from the perspective of blood neurotransmitters.Methods:In this randomized c...