Oligoclonal accumulation of T cells in peripheral blood from patients with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura

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To determine whether clonal T cells accumulate in idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), we performed single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) analysis to detect T-cell receptor (TCR) beta-chain usage of peripheral T cells. We detected significantly more oligoclonal T cells (15.5 +/- 8.9 bands representative for clonal T-cell expansions) in peripheral blood from ITP patients than from healthy donors...

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