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World J Immunol. Mar 27, 2014; 4(1): 34-41
Published online Mar 27, 2014. doi: 10.5411/wji.v4.i1.34
Published online Mar 27, 2014. doi: 10.5411/wji.v4.i1.34
Previously diagnosed or possible high risk of conditions that may be associated with autoimmune thrombocytopenia, for example, HIV, HCV or other infection; other autoimmune/immunodeficiency disorders (including systemic lupus erythematosus; malignancy (e.g., lymphoproliferative disorders); recent vaccination |
Liver disease (including alcoholic liver cirrhosis) |
Drugs (prescription or non-prescription), alcohol abuse, consumption of quinine, tonic water, exposure to environmental toxins |
Bone marrow diseases including myelodysplastic syndromes, leukemias, other malignancies, fibrosis, aplastic anemia and megaloblastic anemia |
Recent transfusions (possibility of post-transfusion purpura) and recent immunizations |
Inherited thrombocytopenia: thrombocytopenia-absent radius syndrome, radioulnar synostosis, congenital amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia, Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome, MYH9-related disease, Bernard-Soulier syndrome, type II B von Willebrand disease |
- Citation: Kurtoğlu E, Karakuş V. Immune thrombocytopenia in adults. World J Immunol 2014; 4(1): 34-41
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/2219-2824/full/v4/i1/34.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.5411/wji.v4.i1.34