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2. Immune thrombocytopenic purpura - Wikipedia

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   ITP can be difficult to distinguish from gestational thrombocytopenia (which is by far the most common cause of thrombocytopenia in pregnancy). Unlike ITP, the platelet count in gestational thrombocytopenia rarely goes below 100,000, and a platelet count below 80,000 is even more rare (seen in less than 0.1% of cases of gestational ...

3. Harrington–Hollingsworth experiment - Wikipedia

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   Schwartz notes that the Harrington–Hollingsworth experiment was a turning point in the understanding of ITP's pathophysiology: The Harrington–Hollingsworth experiment changed the meaning of the "I" in ITP from idiopathic to immune, but "immune" in this case means "autoimmune," because the antibodies bind to and cause the destruction of the patient's own platelets.

4. Neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia - Wikipedia

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   Anti-platelet autoantibodies in a pregnant woman with immune thrombocytopenic purpura will attack the patient's own platelets and will also cross the placenta and react against fetal platelets. Therefore, ITP is a significant cause of fetal and neonatal immune thrombocytopenia.

5. Fostamatinib - Wikipedia

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   Fostamatinib is a drug used to treat adults with low platelet count due to chronic immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) when a prior treatment for ITP has not worked well enough. Chronic immune thrombocytopenia is an autoimmune bleeding disorder where the blood doesn't clot as it should because of a low platelet count.

6. List of abbreviations for diseases and disorders - Wikipedia

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   High-functioning autism: HFMD Hand, foot, and mouth disease: HFRS Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome: HI Hearing impaired: HiB disease Haemophilus influenzae type B disease: HIBM Hereditary inclusion body myopathy: HMSN Type III Hereditary motor and sensory polyneuropathy type III (see Dejerine–Sottas syndrome) HOH Hard of hearing: HTN ...

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   As a flurry of possible drone sightings have triggered local politicians to press federal officials for more information, lawmakers have proposed a variety of different methods for dealing with ...

8. Evans syndrome - Wikipedia

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   Among patients with Evans syndrome, the prevailing causes of death were bleeding, infections, and hematological cancer. [ 4 ] It has been observed that there is a risk of developing other autoimmune problems and hypogammaglobulinemia , [ 30 ] in one cohort 58% of children with Evans syndrome had CD4-/CD8- T cells which is a strong predictor for ...

9. Testing forgotten rape kits could free the innocent. Here’s ...

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   Summer Stephan, president of the National District Attorneys Association, added that a law or strong written policy requiring all kits to be analyzed ensures testing decisions won’t be ...