A donor stem cell transplant and follow-up treatments helped a teenage girl achieve long-term remission from refractory immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), according to a case…
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Neutrophil extracellular traps — web-like structures released by immune cells that can promote clotting — are increased during acute episodes and clinical relapses of immune-mediated…
A mutation in the gene ELF4 likely set the stage for a teenage boy to develop immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), according to a new report. The…
People with von Willebrand disease (VWD) had lower bone mineral density than healthy individuals in a small, single-center study, highlighting the need to consider…
Two teenage brothers in Egypt have been diagnosed with an extremely rare combination of two distinct genetic blood-clotting disorders. The boys carry the genetic mutations…
A 96-year-old woman with inherited type 2A von Willebrand disease and previously mild symptoms experienced a sudden worsening of bleeding after developing acquired von…
Adding Cablivi (caplacizumab-yhdp) to standard treatment for immune-mediated thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (iTTP) may help protect the brain by repairing damage to the blood-brain barrier,…
Blocking the activity of an enzyme known as MELK may help boost the production of platelets — tiny cell fragments that improve blood clotting and…
Women with von Willebrand disease (VWD) still experienced a high burden of heavy menstrual bleeding despite commonly using first-line therapies such as tranexamic acid…
People with immune-mediated thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) taking Cablivi (caplacizumab) plus immunosuppressants may need fewer therapeutic plasma exchange sessions than previously thought, a…
