Starting plasma exchange — a procedure to replace a portion of a patient’s blood with that of a healthy donor — within one day of…
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A three-week educational program delivered through WhatsApp may help mothers of children with immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) prevent Helicobacter pylori infection, a bacterial infection that…
Researchers in Turkey have uncovered changes in immune cells and surface proteins on platelets, which are tiny, colorless cell fragments in the blood that help…
The case of a woman whose von Willebrand syndrome (VWS) resolved spontaneously after being treated for rectal cancer, was reported in a recent study.
Platelets in active immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) have unique changes in genetic activity that make them more activated than platelets from healthy people or from…
An elderly man initially thought to have primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), which occurs without an identifiable underlying cause, was later found to have a…
Acquired von Willebrand syndrome (AVWS) mainly presents as two distinct clinical and laboratory profiles, depending on the underlying blood condition, according to a new study.
New classes of second-line drugs targeting the immune pathways involved in the autoimmune attacks that cause immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) significantly boost platelet counts in…
People in remission from immune-mediated thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (iTTP) may have a higher risk of certain major cardiovascular events, particularly stroke, according to a…
Regulatory authorities in Japan have approved Sanofi’s oral therapy Wayrilz (rilzabrutinib) for treating people with immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) who haven’t responded to,…
