Immune thrombocytopenic purpura following Varicella zoster infection

Although thrombocytopenia is a rarely observed complicationfollowing chickenpox, it can lead to serious bleedingproblems. In order to underline rare hematologiccomplications of varicella infection and the importanceof vaccination, here we reported a seven year old boywho developed severe thrombocyto...

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Main Authors: Alper Dai, Hatice Uyanık, Enes Coşkun, Ali Seçkin Yalçın, Ali Bay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Modestum Publishing LTD 2011-03-01
Series:Journal of Clinical and Experimental Investigations
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Online Access:http://jceionline.org/upload/sayi/4/JCEI-00583.pdf
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spelling doaj-2647a9e717b74ccbbee983a0349d3ae42021-09-02T02:33:19ZengModestum Publishing LTDJournal of Clinical and Experimental Investigations1309-85781309-66212011-03-01218587Immune thrombocytopenic purpura following Varicella zoster infectionAlper DaiHatice UyanıkEnes CoşkunAli Seçkin YalçınAli BayAlthough thrombocytopenia is a rarely observed complicationfollowing chickenpox, it can lead to serious bleedingproblems. In order to underline rare hematologiccomplications of varicella infection and the importanceof vaccination, here we reported a seven year old boywho developed severe thrombocytopenia duringvaricella infection and gave good response to intravenousimmunoglobulin therapy. J Clin Exp Invest 2011;2(1): 85-87http://jceionline.org/upload/sayi/4/JCEI-00583.pdfVaricellaimmune thrombocytopeniaoutcome
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author Alper Dai
Hatice Uyanık
Enes Coşkun
Ali Seçkin Yalçın
Ali Bay
spellingShingle Alper Dai
Hatice Uyanık
Enes Coşkun
Ali Seçkin Yalçın
Ali Bay
Immune thrombocytopenic purpura following Varicella zoster infection
Journal of Clinical and Experimental Investigations
Varicella
immune thrombocytopenia
outcome
author_facet Alper Dai
Hatice Uyanık
Enes Coşkun
Ali Seçkin Yalçın
Ali Bay
author_sort Alper Dai
title Immune thrombocytopenic purpura following Varicella zoster infection
title_short Immune thrombocytopenic purpura following Varicella zoster infection
title_full Immune thrombocytopenic purpura following Varicella zoster infection
title_fullStr Immune thrombocytopenic purpura following Varicella zoster infection
title_full_unstemmed Immune thrombocytopenic purpura following Varicella zoster infection
title_sort immune thrombocytopenic purpura following varicella zoster infection
publisher Modestum Publishing LTD
series Journal of Clinical and Experimental Investigations
issn 1309-8578
1309-6621
publishDate 2011-03-01
description Although thrombocytopenia is a rarely observed complicationfollowing chickenpox, it can lead to serious bleedingproblems. In order to underline rare hematologiccomplications of varicella infection and the importanceof vaccination, here we reported a seven year old boywho developed severe thrombocytopenia duringvaricella infection and gave good response to intravenousimmunoglobulin therapy. J Clin Exp Invest 2011;2(1): 85-87
topic Varicella
immune thrombocytopenia
outcome
url http://jceionline.org/upload/sayi/4/JCEI-00583.pdf
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