Secondary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) as an initial presentation of Whipple’s disease

Secondary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) as an initial presentation of Whipple’s disease

Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is a heterogeneous autoimmune disease characterized by low platelet count that has been associated with a number of chronic infections but rarely described as a manifestation of Whipple’s disease (WD). We present a case of Whipple’s disease in a patient initially diagno...

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Main Authors: David H. Priest, Thomas H. Grote, Sallie L. Staley, William S. Berger, Elizabeth S. Norman, Brian S. Smith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-01-01
Series:IDCases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250917300835

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