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A diagnostic approach that may help to discriminate inherited thrombocytopenia from chronic immune thrombocytopenia in adult patients.
Platelets - 1 Sept 2016
Fiore Mathieu, Pillois Xavier, Lorrain Simon, Bernard Marie-Agnès, Moore Nicholas, Sié Pierre, Viallard Jean-François, Nurden Paquita
Abstract excerpt
Inherited thrombocytopenia (IT) is a heterogeneous group of rare diseases that are often confused with immune thrombocytopenia (ITP). The objective of this study was to supply clinicobiological elements that allow a distinction to be drawn between IT and chronic ITP. We then compared 23 adult patients with IT and 9 patients with chronic ITP. Our study revealed six discriminating criteria: (i) an age of discovery...
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