Thrombocytopenia – Related resources
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Cochrane reviews
- Betamethasone seems not to be useful for treating idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura during pregnancy, but the evidence is insufficient .
Other evidence summaries
- Oprelvekin may accelerate platelet recovery and reduce the need for platelet transfusion in chemotherapy-induced thrombocytopenia .
- Immunosuppressive treatments may have only very modest effect in patients with ITP and persistent thrombocytopenia after splenectomy .
Other Internet resources
- Sandler SG. Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura. eMedicine
- Immune thrombocytopenic purpura. Orphanet ORPHA3002
Literature
- Cines DB, Blanchette VS. Immune thrombocytopenic purpura. N Engl J Med 2002 Mar 28;346(13):995-1008.
- Parker Levine S. Thrombocytopenia: Pathophysiology and classification. Lee G, Foerster J, Lukens J, Paraskevas F, Greer J, Rodgers G (editors). Wintrobe's Clinical Hematology, 8. painos. Williams & Wilkins 1998, s. 1579–632
- Aster RH, Bougie DW. Drug-induced immune thrombocytopenia. N Engl J Med 2007 Aug 9;357(6):580-7.