Clinical features and major histocompatibility complex genes as potential susceptibility factors in pediatric immune thrombocytopenia
Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is a heterogeneous autoimmune disorder with diverse response rates to treatments that include corticosteroids, intravenous immunoglobulins (IVIG), and splenectomy. The predisposing causes of this autoimmune disorder, one of which is immunogenetic susceptibility, have no...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2012-07-01
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| Series: | Journal of the Formosan Medical Association |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0929664612000757 |