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Abstract
Any form of purpura in which the PLATELET COUNT is decreased. Many forms are thought to be caused by immunological mechanisms.
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- Purpura, Thrombocytopenic
- Purpura, Thrombopenic
- Purpuras, Thrombocytopenic
- Purpuras, Thrombopenic
- Thrombocytopenic Purpuras
- Thrombopenic Purpura
- Thrombopenic Purpuras
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC & PURPURA, THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC are also available; nonthrombocytopenic = IGA VASCULITIS
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86; was PURPURA, THROMBOPENIC 1963-85
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Thrombocytopenic Purpura. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011696. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011696
- Thrombocytopenic Purpura. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrombocytopenic_purpura
- Thrombocytopenic Purpura. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6132707