Response to Intravenous Immunoglobulin Predicts Splenectomy Response in Children With Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura - Concepedia

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Response to Intravenous Immunoglobulin Predicts Splenectomy Response in Children With Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura

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2003

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Derick G. Holt, Justin Brown, Kelly R. Terrill, Robert E. Goldsby, Rebecka L. Meyers, Jody Heximer, Beth Nordfors, William B. Slayton

Abstract

These results suggest that response to IVIG is predictive of response to splenectomy in children with chronic ITP. This correlation may be of value in deciding whether a splenectomy should be performed in children with chronic ITP.

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