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Human Immunodeficiency Virus‐Associated Thrombocytopenia in Infants
Author(s) -
LABRUNE P.,
BLANCHE S.,
CATHERINE N.,
MAIERREDELSPERGER M.,
DELFRAISSY J. F.,
TCHERNIA G.
Publication year - 1989
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.1651-2227.1989.tb11154.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pediatrics , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , virus , viral disease , immunodeficiency , immunopathology , disease , immunology , virology , immune system
. Severe thrombocytopenia was the initial manifestation of human immunodeficiency virus infection in 5 infants under 15 months of age. In only 2/5 cases maternal seropositivity was previously known while in the other 3 it was discovered after the onset of the infants’thrombocytopenia. One infant died, due to intracranial hemorrhage, and the other 4 developed to disease stage IV. Human immunodeficiency virus infection must be considered in the diagnosis of thrombocytopenia.

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