| Abstract | In six patients with thrombocytopenic purpura not cured by splenectomy platelets fell to less than 150 X 10(9)/l within six weeks of splenectomy. They 'failed to respond'. Two underwent splenunculectomy without improvement. Splenuculectomy offered little chance of improvement to published cases who failed to respond but may well be helpful after true relapse. |
| Authors | M M Reid, P W Saunders, J D Fenwick, W Walker |
| Journal | Archives of disease in childhood
(Arch Dis Child)
Vol. 61
Issue 2
Pg. 192-4
(Feb 1986)
ISSN: 1468-2044 ENGLAND |
| PMID | 3954446
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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| Topics |
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Choristoma
(surgery)
- Humans
- Platelet Count
- Purpura, Thrombocytopenic
(surgery)
- Reoperation
- Splenectomy
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