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Thrombocytopenic Purpura during the Incubation of Hepatitis B
Author(s) -
KORMAN S. H.
Publication year - 1991
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.1651-2227.1991.tb11766.x
Subject(s) - medicine , thrombocytopenic purpura , purpura (gastropod) , hepatitis , incubation period , thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura , immunology , hepatitis b , viral disease , hepatitis a , pediatrics , virology , virus , incubation , platelet , ecology , biochemistry , chemistry , biology
. A 6‐year‐old girl presented with acute thrombocytopenic purpura. Hepatitis B surface antigenaemia was present at the time of this illness, and 8 weeks later she developed acute icteric hepatitis B. Screening for hepatitis B virus should be considered in children with apparently idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura.