Improvement of thrombocytopenia after treatment for Helicobacter pylori in a patient with immunologic thrombocytopenic purpura
Immune thrombocytopenic purpura is the most common autoimmune hematologic disease, affecting individuals of different ages. Recently, the bacterium Helicobacter pylori entered the list of causes of immune thrombocytopenic purpura. Here we present the case of a 55-year-old female patient with low pla...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2014-04-01
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| Series: | Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-84842014000200162&lng=en&tlng=en |