Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) in children

Thrombocytopenia associated with ITP in children usually returns to normal within a couple of months. Drug therapies are required to treat hemorrhages in approximately one fifth of the patients. Intravenously infused immunoglobulin is effective more rapidly than corticosteroid therapy, but the treatment response is mostly temporary. Thrombocytopenia is alleviated by splenectomy in approx. 70% of chronic ITP patients. In the absence of primary disease causing thrombocytopenia, splenectomy has to be contemplated, if thrombocytopenia impairs the quality of life for more than one year. New drug therapies such as rituximab and growth factor products increasing thrombopoiesis may decrease the number of splenectomies.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2011

Erschienen:

2011

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:127

Enthalten in:

Duodecim; laaketieteellinen aikakauskirja - 127(2011), 19 vom: 26., Seite 2081-6

Sprache:

Finnisch

Weiterer Titel:

Lasten idiopaattinen trombosytopenia

Beteiligte Personen:

Rajantie, Jukka [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

4F4X42SYQ6
Adrenal Cortex Hormones
Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived
English Abstract
Immunoglobulins, Intravenous
Immunologic Factors
Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
Journal Article
Review
Rituximab

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 06.12.2011

Date Revised 19.11.2015

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM212943316