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| | Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine: Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura |
 | | Purpura refers to a purplish or reddish-brown skin rash caused by the leakage of blood from broken capillaries into the skin. | | | General care includes explaining ITP to the patient and advising him or her to watch for bruising, petechiae, or other signs of recurrence. | | | If the doctor suspects ITP, he or she will examine the patient's skin for bruises, purpuric areas, or petechiae. |
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http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_g2601/is_0007/ai_2601000735
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| | What Is Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura? |
| | There are two types of ITP: acute (temporary or short-term) ITP and chronic (long-lasting) ITP. | | | A person with ITP also may have bleeding that looks like tiny red or purple dots on the skin. | | | But when the immune system mistakenly attacks some part of a person's own body, this is called an autoimmune disease. |
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http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/Itp/ITP_WhatIs.html
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| | Idiopathic Thrombocytopenia Purpura - Lucile Packard Children's Hospital |
| | Although there is no known cause of ITP and there is no cure, the prognosis for a child with ITP is very good. | | | "Purpura" refers to the purple discoloring of the skin, as with a bruise. | | | Close monitoring of your child's platelets and prevention of serious bleeding complications may be the course of action chosen until the body is able to correct the disorder on its own. |
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http://www.lpch.org/DiseaseHealthInfo/HealthLibrary/hematology/bledidio.html
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| | eMedicine - Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura : Article by Michael A Silverman, MD |
| | This therapy is not appropriate for patients who have undergone splenectomy. | | | Williams JA, Boxer LA: Combination therapy for refractory idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura in adolescents. | | | Thude H, Gruhn B, Werner U: Treatment of a patient with chronic immune thrombocytopenic purpura with rituximab and monitoring by flow cytometric analysis. |
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http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic282.htm
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| | eMedicine - Platelet Disorders : Article by Perumal Thiagarajan, MD |
| | Tarantino MD: Treatment options for chronic immune (idiopathic) thrombocytopenia purpura in children. | | | This is a relatively expensive therapy compared with steroids and is primarily used to on an interim basis during a crisis (eg, before splenectomy or major surgery). | | | Long-term therapy with repeated infusions of intravenous IgG or anti-D immunoglobulin is being tried, with the hope that it can induce a lasting remission and eliminate the need for splenectomy. |
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http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic987.htm
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| | THROMBOCYTOPENIA DURING PREGNANCY |
| | The risk of fetal thrombocytopenia in an infant born to a mother who suffers from ITP is found in the range of about 10% in various studies, about one-third of them developing clinical bleeding of varying severity. | | | Splenectomy is the most effective measure in ITP in terms of ultimate cure. | | | As IVIG are associated occasionally with allergic reactions, making their re-use difficult, it is probably wise to restrict their use to therapeutic (i.e., in case of serious bleeding) rather than prophylactic indications and probably near term. |
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http://www.kfshrc.edu.sa/annals/182/97-160.html
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| | Childhood ITP |
| | The purpose of this web site is to share with interested physicians, parents of children with ITP, and others our approach in Dallas to the diagnosis and management of ITP and to provide you with some of the patient education materials and clinical research accomplishments of our program. | | | Achieving this objective ultimately requires development and implementation of a clinical research network so that appropriate clinical trials and basic research involving ITP can be carried out. | | | We also wish to emphasize our clinical and scientific collaborations and offer links to other web sites relevant to ITP. |
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http://www.childhood-itp.net
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| | Arch Intern Med -- Abstract: Effect of Helicobacter pylori Eradication on Platelet Recovery in Patients With Chronic ... |
| | Results Of the 53 patients with chronic ITP in the study, | | | Arch Intern Med -- Abstract: Effect of Helicobacter pylori Eradication on Platelet Recovery in Patients With Chronic Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura, September 27, 2004, Sato et al. | | | Ryugo Sato, MD Kazunari Murakami, MD Koichiro Watanabe, MD Tadayoshi Okimoto, MD Hajime Miyajima, MD Masao Ogata, MD Eiichi Ohtsuka, MD Masaaki Kodama, MD Yoshio Saburi, MD Toshio Fujioka, MD Masaru Nasu, MD Arch Intern Med. |
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http://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/164/17/1904
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| | ITP Support Association |
| | Any parent, concerned about a child with ITP, will have many questions to ask a doctor or clinician. | | | Children, particularly toddlers, knock their heads regularly and come to no harm. | | | Chronic severe childhood ITP is a disease which is an example of both a blood disorder and an autoimmune disorder. |
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http://www.itpsupport.org.uk/childhooditp.htm
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| | Adult Chronic Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura |
| | Describes experimental treatment approaches applicable to chronic ITP; reviews prelimary results of ongoing studies and provides phone numbers or links to obtain more information about these studies. | | | Lists the names of consultants with extensive experience in managing chronic ITP. | | | Adult chronic immune thrombocytopenic purpura (chronic ITP) is an autoimmune disorder in which patients produce antiplatelet autoantibodies that destroy their blood platelets. |
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http://www.scripps.edu/itp
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| | Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP) |
| | A careful review of medications the patient is taking is important because some drugs can be associated with thrombocytopenia. | | | The treatment of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura is determined by the severity of the symptoms. | | | Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP) is a disorder of the blood. |
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http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/hematol/pubs/itp/itp.htm
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| | ITP Support Association |
| | We work with the medical profession in order to advance the knowledge and treatment of ITP by:- | | | Providing feedback on patient concerns to specialists and drug companies | | | The ITP Support Association is a UK registered charity which aims to promote and improve the general welfare of patients, and the families of patients, with Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura by providing: |
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http://www.itpsupport.org.uk
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| | Purpura |
| | Pressure changes associated with vaginal delivery of an infant | | | Drug-induced platelet dysfunction (some drugs can affect the action of platelets) | | | Purpura may also occur in the mucous membranes (such as the lining of the mouth) and in the internal organs. |
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http://www.pennhealth.com/ency/article/003232.htm
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| | Purpura, Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic |
| | ITP presents as a brief, self-limiting form of the disorder (acute ITP) or a longer-term form (chronic ITP). | | | Onset of acute ITP is often rapid, while the onset of the chronic form may be gradual. | | | The disorder is characterized by abnormal bleeding into the skin resulting in bruising, which is what the term purpura means. |
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http://www.bchealthguide.org/kbase/nord/nord258.htm
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| | Purpura |
| | Similar features are seen in some patients treated with long-term steroid therapy because steroids weaken the connective tissues of the skin. | | | However, if the person with purpura is unwell, urgent investigation and treatment is required. | | | Purpura with painful bruising of the legs and around hair roots may also be seen in vitamin C deficiency or scurvy. |
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http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/diseases/facts/purpura.htm
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| | Alemtuzumab (marketed as Campath) Information |
| | Three patients in a clinical study of the drug Campath for the treatment of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) developed severe idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP). | | | Campath is only approved for treating a form of blood cancer called B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL). | | | ITP happens when the body attacks and kills its own blood platelets. |
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http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug/infopage/alemtuzumab/default.htm
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| | Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) |
| | Because more is being learned about the autoimmune nature of the disease, it is sometimes called immune thrombocytopenic purpura. | | | Rarely, ITP may become a chronic ailment in adults and reappear, even after remission. | | | Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura is a bleeding disorder characterized by too few platelets in the blood. |
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http://www.question.com/adam/idiopathic_thrombocytopenic_purpura__itp_.html
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| | Childhood ITP |
| | One of his main clinical interests is idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) during childhood. | | | He has published over 200 scientific articles on various aspects of children’s blood diseases and cancer. | | | He is particularly known for developing improved management strategies for children with the disease.. |
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http://www.childhood-itp.net/buchanan.html
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| | Platelets on the Internet |
| | This website attempts to carry the latest information on ITP (Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura), TTP-HUS (Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura - Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome), and Drug-Induced Thrombocytopenia. | | | We hope this website will be a useful reference for |
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http://moon.ouhsc.edu/jgeorge
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