TY - JOUR
T1 - Chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura in children: case reports of spontaneous ricovery without splenectomy
AU - Ruggiero, Antonio
AU - Lazzareschi, Ilaria
AU - Ridola, Vita
AU - Attina', Giorgio
AU - Riccardi, Riccardo
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - Children with chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura generally show a favorable outcome with a high spontaneous recovery rate even many years after the initial diagnosis. In this retrospective study, 5 out of 12 children with chronic ITP achieved a spontaneous recovery. A careful follow-up appears to be adequate for most of the patients, reserving splenectomy to the rare severely affected patients
AB - Children with chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura generally show a favorable outcome with a high spontaneous recovery rate even many years after the initial diagnosis. In this retrospective study, 5 out of 12 children with chronic ITP achieved a spontaneous recovery. A careful follow-up appears to be adequate for most of the patients, reserving splenectomy to the rare severely affected patients
KW - spontaneous recovery
KW - thrombocytopenic purpura
KW - spontaneous recovery
KW - thrombocytopenic purpura
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/19055
U2 - 10.1080/08880010600803123
DO - 10.1080/08880010600803123
M3 - Article
SN - 0888-0018
VL - 23
SP - 471
EP - 475
JO - Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
JF - Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
ER -