Secondary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) as an initial presentation of Whipple’s disease
Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is a heterogeneous autoimmune disease characterized by low platelet count that has been associated with a number of chronic infections but rarely described as a manifestation of Whipple’s disease (WD). We present a case of Whipple’s disease in a patient initially diagno...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2018-01-01
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Series: | IDCases |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250917300835 |