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Treatment of Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura in Childhood
Author(s) -
BERGLUND GUNILLA,
BROBERGER OVE
Publication year - 1959
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1959.tb05399.x
Subject(s) - medicine , splenectomy , thrombocytopenic purpura , surgery , pediatrics , purpura (gastropod) , platelet , spleen , ecology , biology
Summary A series of 28 children with ITP treated during 1951–1958 is presented. Some mild cases required no treatment in any form, but most of the cases were treated with steroids, to which some responded with complete remission. The patients not responding to steroid therapy underwent splenectomy with a good result, except in one who responded to a renewed steroid therapy. No relapses, complications or deaths occurred in this group of patients