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thrombocytopenic purpura

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Noun1.thrombocytopenic purpura - purpura associated with a reduction in circulating blood platelets which can result from a variety of factors
autoimmune disease, autoimmune disorder - any of a large group of diseases characterized by abnormal functioning of the immune system that causes your immune system to produce antibodies against your own tissues
peliosis, purpura - any of several blood diseases causing subcutaneous bleeding


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In an excellent literature review by Young et al (9); although the majority of the subjects with brucella-induced thrombocytopenic purpura had received appropriate antimicrobial regimen, 4 of them (10%) had died due to complications, particularly intracerebral hemorrhage.
Alistair Smith was so grateful to staff at the University of Durham Hospital after they treated him last summer for idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura that when he returned to work at his North East office he organised a fundraising event.
Byline: ANI London, Mar 21 (ANI): An international team of researchers has found a new drug that can prove to be an effective treatment option for thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), a chronic blood disorder.
 
 
 
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