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Tuberculosis Associated Thrombocytopenic Purpura: Effectiveness of Antituberculous Therapy

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Department of Pneumology A, Hospital Bichat, Assistance Publique, Hôpitaux de Paris, 75018 Paris, France
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Department of Clinical Immunology, Hospital St Louis, Assistance Publique, Hôpitaux de Paris, 75010 Paris, France
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Service de Pneumologie A, Hopital Bichat, 46 rue Henri Huchard, CEDEX 18, 75877 Paris, France
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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Hematol. Rev. 2009, 1(1), e3; https://doi.org/10.4081/hr.2009.e3 (registering DOI)
Submission received: 14 January 2009 / Revised: 25 February 2009 / Accepted: 9 March 2009 / Published: 10 March 2009

Abstract

Association of immune thrombocytopenic purpura and tuberculosis is a rare condition. In 5 patients presenting with this association, anti-tuberculous therapy was effective on both tuberculosis and thrombocytopenia suggesting a causal relationship between tuberculosis and immune thrombocytopenic purpura.
Keywords: immune thrombocytopenic purpura; immune; peripheral; thrombocytopenia immune thrombocytopenic purpura; immune; peripheral; thrombocytopenia

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Borie, R.; Fieschi, C.; Oksenhendler, E.; Galicier, L. Tuberculosis Associated Thrombocytopenic Purpura: Effectiveness of Antituberculous Therapy. Hematol. Rev. 2009, 1, e3. https://doi.org/10.4081/hr.2009.e3

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Borie R, Fieschi C, Oksenhendler E, Galicier L. Tuberculosis Associated Thrombocytopenic Purpura: Effectiveness of Antituberculous Therapy. Hematology Reviews. 2009; 1(1):e3. https://doi.org/10.4081/hr.2009.e3

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Borie, Raphael, Claire Fieschi, Eric Oksenhendler, and Lionel Galicier. 2009. "Tuberculosis Associated Thrombocytopenic Purpura: Effectiveness of Antituberculous Therapy" Hematology Reviews 1, no. 1: e3. https://doi.org/10.4081/hr.2009.e3

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Borie, R., Fieschi, C., Oksenhendler, E., & Galicier, L. (2009). Tuberculosis Associated Thrombocytopenic Purpura: Effectiveness of Antituberculous Therapy. Hematology Reviews, 1(1), e3. https://doi.org/10.4081/hr.2009.e3

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