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| | Principles of Pediatric Dermatology - Chapter40 : CUTANEOUS VASCULAR DISEASES PURPURA |
 | | Purpura is normally distinguished from erythema when pressure is applied by finger or by pressure of a slide on the erythematous patch (diascopy)fails to blanch the lesion. | | | Infantile acute hemorrhagic edema of the skin: a study of ten cases. | | | Immunological mechanism in a child whose mother has idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura or systemic lupus erythomatosus. |
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| | Schamberg's purpura in an infant |
| | Pigmented purpuric dermatosis (Schamberg's purpura) in an infant. | | | However, in view of the benign nature of the pigmented purpuras, the use of these therapies in infants and children is not justified. | | | No effective therapy has been established for the chronic pigmented purpuras. |
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http://dermatology.cdlib.org/DOJvol5num1/case_reports/purpura.html
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| | Purpura, Henoch Schonlein |
| | Further studies are needed to determine the long-term safety and effectiveness of this drug therapy for the treatment of Henoch-Schonlein Purpura. | | | More studies are needed to determine the long-term safety and effectiveness of this drug for the treatment of Henoch-Schonlein Purpura. | | | In another form, known as Henoch's Purpura, affected individuals have purpura spots on the skin and acute abdominal problems. |
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http://hw.healthdialog.com/kbase/nord/nord405.htm
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| | 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. | | | Both are caused by the leakage of blood from tiny capillaries under the skin surface. | | | Bleeding into the skin takes the form of purpura or petechiae. |
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http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/ency/idiopathic_thrombocytopenic_purpura.jsp
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| | Allergy & Asthma Disease Management Center: Ask the Expert: Purpura |
| | One food induced thrombocytopenic purpura worth mentioning (though not a true food allergy) is so-called "cocktail party purpura" in which individuals who had become sensitized to quinine/quinidine given therapeutically will develop thrombocytopenic purpura not only following ingestion of these medications but also when they ingest drinks that contain true quinine water. | | | In a recent report (1), an Italian group could not correlate chronic thrombocytopenic purpura to food allergy. | | | Their reference list contained no reports specifically dealing with food allergies and thrombocytopenic purpura. |
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| | Diagnosis of Purpura... |
| | Palpable purpura is the classic clinical finding associated with cutaneous small vessel vasculitis. | | | The lesions are the result of extravasation of erythrocytes into the inflamed dermis, and therefore the lesions do not blanch with pressure. | | | Rare complications that require surgery do occur, however, and include intussusception, perforation, and bowel necrosis. |
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http://www.indegene.com/Ped/ClinRound/Purpura2.html
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| | Henoch-Schönlein Purpura |
| | It is characterized by purpura, which are dark purplish-red patches of skin on the buttocks and lower legs. | | | In addition the patient may have joint pain, abdominal pain, and kidney involvement. | | | Henoch-Schonlein purpura is a disease that may affect any age group but is usually seen in children. |
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http://healthlink.mcw.edu/article/901217064.html
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| | Platelets: Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura -- George et al. 2002 (1): 315 -- Hematology |
| | Von Willebrand factor proteolysis is deficient in classic, but not in bone marrow transplantation-associated, thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. | | | This patient had no acute episode of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) before age 20. | | | Many hypotheses concerning the pathogenesis of TTP have been |
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http://www.asheducationbook.org/cgi/content/full/2002/1/315
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| | Purpura definition - Medical Dictionary definitions of popular medical terms |
| | A condition characterized by purpura such as immune thrombocytopenic purpura and Schönlein-Henoch purpura. | | | The area of bleeding within the skin, by definition, is greater than 3 millimeters in diameter. | | | Purpura definition - Medical Dictionary definitions of popular medical terms |
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http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=5137
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| | Schönlein-Henoch purpura (www.whonamedit.com) |
| | Osler in 1914 was the first to suggest the relationship of the condition to allergy. | | | The eponym Schönlein's is sometimes used in place of the term Schönlein-Henoch when the rheumatoid pain and cutaneous lesions are predominant. | | | A form of anaphylactoid (allergic) or non-thrombopenic purpura which is the most common connective-tissue disorder in children. |
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http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/1022.html
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| | Amazon.co.uk: Purpura: Search Results Books |
| | Henoch-Schonlein Purpura - A Medical Dictionary, Bibliography, and Annotated Research Guide to Internet References |
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http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/external-search?tag=booksandvideo&keyword=Purpura&mode=books-uk
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| | PURPURA - Online Information article about PURPURA |
| | Purpura haemorrhagica (acute haemorrhagic purpura) is a more serious form, in which, in addition to the phenomena already mentioned as affecting the skin, there is a tendency to the occurrence of See also: | | | Purpura rheumatica (Schonlein's disease) is a remarkable variety characterized by sore See also: | | | form known as " Purpura simplex," in which there may or may not be articular See also: |
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| | Facts About Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura |
| | 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.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/1100/1141.asp?index=5726
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| | Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura |
| | "Purpura" refers to the purple discoloring of the skin, as with a bruise. | | | The symptoms of ITP may resemble other blood disorders or medical problems. | | | Specific treatment for idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura will be determined by your physician based on: |
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http://www.stedwardmercy.com/healthinfo/adult/blood/itp.asp
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| | Purpura |
| | Purpura bruises develop from within the body, rather than from an injury. | | | Purpura is sudden, severe bruising that may be localized, regional, or widespread and that occurs without an injury. | | | Purpura that comes on quickly over a short period (a few hours) may be a sign of a serious infection that requires immediate medical treatment. |
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http://www.webmd.com/hw/health_guide_atoz/stp2000.asp?navbar=aa61194
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| | MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Purpura |
| | Pressure changes associated with vaginal delivery of an infant | | | Call your health care provider if Return to top | | | Drug-induced platelet dysfunction (some drugs can affect the action of platelets) |
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http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003232.htm
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| | purpura -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | German physician whose attempts to establish medicine as a natural science helped create modern methods for the teaching and practice of clinical medicine. | | | Henoch-Schönlein purpura (anaphylactoid purpura) is the most common connective-tissue disorder in children. | | | Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura is a rare disorder that has been included with the connective tissue diseases chiefly because of certain clinical similarities to systemic lupus erythematosus. |
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http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9061960?tocId=9061960
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| | What Is Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura? |
| | But when the immune system mistakenly attacks some part of a person's own body, this is called an autoimmune disease. | | | Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is a bleeding disorder in which the blood does not clot as it should. | | | DCI Home: Blood Diseases: Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura : What Is... |
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http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/Itp/ITP_WhatIs.html
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| | NEJM -- Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Associated with Clopidogrel |
| | Wood, A. Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura and Clopidogrel -- A Need for New Approaches to Drug Safety. | | | Subacute coronary stent thrombosis in a patient developing clopidogrel associated thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. | | | NEJM -- Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Associated with Clopidogrel |
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| | Department of Veterans' Affairs - |
| | Danazol, intravenous gammaglobulin or anti-RhD therapy have also been used with some success. | | | The disease is seen in acute and chronic forms, the acute form usually affecting children and the chronic form affecting adults. | | | The bone marrow in idiopathic thrombocytopaenic purpura is essentially normal, and platelet-associated antibodies are demonstrable in the majority of patients. |
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| | Henoch-Schonlein Purpura - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia |
| | Specific treatment for Henoch-Schonlein purpura will be determined by your child's physician based on: | | | The symptoms of Henoch-Schonlein purpura may resemble other conditions or medical problems. | | | Henoch-Schonlein purpura (HSP) is a form of vasculitis, a condition which involves inflammation of the blood vessels. |
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http://www.chop.edu/consumer/your_child/condition_section_index.jsp?root_id=-8002&id=-8173
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| | ESPN.com: MLB - Astros' Purpura burns to one day become a GM |
| | Purpura: I think that our draft philosophy has been driven by two factors: | | | Purpura: I think it became an either/or proposition with the outfielders because, at that stage in our development, we were trying to hoard young pitchers. | | | Purpura: Our core philosophy is that we are here to develop winning major-league players for the Houston Astros. |
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| | Henoch-Schonlein purpura (anaphylactoid purpura) |
| | There is no specific treatment at this time; care is supportive and any complications are generally managed conservatively. | | | Henoch-Schonlein purpura (anaphylactoid purpura) is an old disease, described first in the 1700's. | | | A very few patients do not clear up fully and may go on later to develop more serious chronic kidney disease. |
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http://www.drhull.com/EncyMaster/H/HSP.html
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| | American Family Physician: Evaluating the Child with Purpura |
| | American Family Physician: Evaluating the Child with Purpura | | | The frequency of preceding infection with group A beta-hemolytic streptococcus in patients with Henoch-Schonlein purpura. | | | Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura: a practice guideline developed by explicit methods for the American Society of Hematology. |
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http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3225/is_3_64/ai_77035410/pg_4
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| | AllRefer Health - Meningococcemia Associated Purpura - Purpura: Pictures & Images (Blood Spots, Skin Hemorrhages) |
| | AllRefer Health - Meningococcemia Associated Purpura - Purpura: Pictures and Images (Blood Spots, Skin Hemorrhages) | | | Bleeding into the skin (petechiae and purpura) typically occurs and the tissue may die (become necrotic or gangrenous). | | | You are here : AllRefer.com > Health > Medical Symptoms Guide > Purpura > Pictures and Images: Meningococcemia Associated Purpura |
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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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| | Information about Idiopathic thrombocytopenic Purpura |
| | Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura is a bleeding disorder in which the blood does not clot properly. | | | People with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura often have purple bruises that appear on the skin. | | | The most common symptom of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura is bleeding, bruising, and tiny red dots on the skin or mucous membranes. |
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http://www.mamashealth.com/blood/itp.asp
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| | Misdiagnosis of Purpura - CureResearch.com |
| | About misdiagnosis: When checking for a misdiagnosis of Purpura or confirming a diagnosis of Purpura, it is useful to consider what other medical conditions might be possible misdiagnoses or other alternative conditions relevant to diagnosis. | | | These alternate diagnoses of Purpura may already have been considered by your doctor or may need to be considered as possible alternative diagnoses or candidates for misdiagnosis of Purpura. | | | Use of this site is subject to our TERMS OF USE. |
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http://www.cureresearch.com/p/purpura/misdiag.htm
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| | Progressive Pigmentary Purpura |
| | Progressive pigmentary purpura (we will call it PPP) is a group of similar conditions (Schamberg's disease, Lichenoid dermatitis of Gourgerot-Blum, purpura annularis telangiectodes of Majocchi and Lichen aureus). | | | Schamberg's type is the most common, but many experts believe that dividing them into subgroups is artificial. |
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| | PURPURA |
| | A finding associated with thrombocytopenia, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, or a coagulopathy (blood clotting disorder). | | | Brownish-red or purple discolorations on the skin as the result of hemorrhage into the tissue. |
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| | News - Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura Linked To Inflammatory Bowel Disease |
| | Most children responded to conventional therapy for immune thrombocytopenic purpura and inflammatory bowel disease. | | | Six children underwent bone marrow evaluations, which were consistent with immune thrombocytopenic purpura. | | | In three patients, clinicians diagnosed inflammatory bowel disease before immune thrombocytopenic purpura. |
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| | Thrombocytopenia purpura |
| | Exacerbation of chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura following measles-mumps-rubella immunization. | | | Immune thrombocytopenic purpura after recombinant hepatitis B vaccine: retrospective study of seven cases. | | | In extreme cases, the spleen may have to be removed or a blood transfusion given. |
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| | Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine: Allergic purpura |
| | AP is also called Henoch-Schonlein purpura, named after the two doctors who first described it. | | | Allergic purpura (AP) is an allergic reaction of unknown origin causing red patches on the skin and other symptoms. | | | "Purpura" is a bleeding disorder that occurs when capillaries rupture, allowing small amounts of blood to accumulate in the surrounding tissues. |
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http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_g2601/is_0000/ai_2601000044
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| | Hospital Practice: Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Today |
| | Tsai H-M, Lian EC-Y: Antibodies to von Willebrand factor-cleaving protease in acute thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. | | | Moake JL, Chow TW: Increased von Willebrand factor (vWf) binding to platelets associated with impaired vWf breakdown in thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. | | | Byrnes JJ, Khurana M: Treatment of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura with plasma. |
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| | Henoch-Schönlein Purpura -- familydoctor.org |
| | Henoch-Schönlein purpura (say "hen-awk shern-line purr-purr-ah") causes the blood vessels in your skin to get inflamed (irritated and swollen). | | | The intestines and the kidneys may also bleed. | | | Be sure to see your doctor as many times as he or she tells you to. |
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| | purpura - OneLook Dictionary Search |
| | Purpura, purpura, púrpura : Technical and Popular Medical Terms [home, info] | | | Phrases that include purpura: idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, immune thrombocytopenic purpura, thrombocytopenic purpura, allergic purpura, henoch-schonlein purpura, more... | | | purpura : The On-line Medical Dictionary [home, info] |
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| | Virtual Hospital: An Introduction to Basic Dermatology: Purpura |
| | This represents one of the most common forms of purpura which tends to be non-palpable, large (ecchymotic) and non-blanching. | | | Virtual Hospital: An Introduction to Basic Dermatology: Purpura | | | This is a sign of simple hemorrhage at sites of minor trauma. |
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http://www.vh.org/adult/provider/dermatology/PietteDermatology/BlackTray/42Purpura.html
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| | HoustonChronicle.com - Lopez: Purpura gets high mark for inclusiveness |
| | Tim Purpura might or might not be a successful general manager. | | | Hunsicker, who relied on his instincts with much success, often sat by himself or with club president Tal Smith at games. | | | I want to hear what they have to say." |
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| | 1990 Classification Tree for Henoch-Schönlein purpura |
| | Palpable purpura; age >20 at disease onset; negative biopsy | | | No palpable purpura; age andle;20 at disease onset; negative biopsy, but GI bleeding | | | No palpable purpura; age andle;20 at disease onset; biopsy negative for granulocytes around small blood vessels; no GI bleeding |
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| | Henoch Schonlein's Purpura |
| | This article submitted by Pam Wells on 9/21/95. | | | My 6 year old Daughter has been diagnosed as having Henoch Schonlein's Purpura, |
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