Open AccessClinical feature and management of immune thrombocytopenic purpura in a tertiary hospital in Northwest Nigeria
Author(s) -
Abdulaziz Hassan,
Adeshola Adebayo,
A.A. Musa,
Aishatu Maude Suleiman,
Ismaila Nda Ibrahim,
Ibrahim Usman Kusfa,
Mohammed Sirajo Aminu
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
nigerian medical journal/nigerian medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-774X
pISSN - 0300-1652
DOI - 10.4103/0300-1652.219343
Subject(s) - medicine , thrombocytopenic purpura , prednisolone , splenectomy , surgery , blood transfusion , purpura (gastropod) , platelet , pediatrics , spleen , ecology , biology
Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is a rare bleeding disorder that may remit spontaneously. Life-threatening bleeding may require transfusion support, steroids, and other immunosuppressive therapy or splenectomy.