Naslov
Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura: A 15-year natural history study at the Children's Hospital Rijeka, Croatia

Autori
Roganović, Jelena ; Letica-Crepulja, Marina

Izvornik
Pediatric blood & cancer (1545-5009) 47 (2006), S5; 662-664

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
child ; idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura

Sažetak
We review a 15-year experience with childhood idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) at a tertiary-care pediatric hospital in Croatia. Data confirm that ITP is typically a self-limited bleeding disorder that usually presents with mild symptoms in children between 1 and 10 years of age and affects both sexes equally. At presentation, more than half of the children had platelet counts of < 10 x 10(9)/L. The absence of preceding viral infection and insidious onset of symptoms were significantly associated with development of chronic ITP. In our experience, observation without specific therapy seems to be the optimal approach to a child with ITP.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti

Napomena
Rad je prezentiran na 2nd Intercontinental Childhood
ITP Study Group (ICIS) Expert Meeting on "“Critical
Issues and Future Research of ITP", održanom od
16.-18-09.2006.g., Yverdon, Švicarska.

POVEZANOST RADA