Refractory chronic “ITP”: When platelet size matters

When race/ethnicity matters more than size.

When Race/Ethnicity Matters More Than Size Print ISSN: 0039-2499. Online ISSN: 1524-4628 Copyright © 2007 American Heart Association, Inc. All rights reserved. is published by the American Heart Association, 7272 Greenville Avenue, Dallas, TX 75231 Stroke doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.488817 2007;38:2405-2406; originally published online August 2, 2007; Stroke. http://stroke.ahajournals.org/conten...

Men's facial masculinity: when (body) size matters.

Recent studies suggest that judgments of facial masculinity reflect more than sexually dimorphic shape. Here, we investigated whether the perception of masculinity is influenced by facial cues to body height and weight. We used the average differences in three-dimensional face shape of forty men and forty women to compute a morphological masculinity score, and derived analogous measures for fac...

Platelet-associated and plasma anti-glycoprotein autoantibodies in chronic ITP.

Chronic immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is due to platelet destruction by circulating antiplatelet antibody. Although autoantibodies against the platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa (GPIIb/IIIa) complex and GPIb have been demonstrated using various methods, practical assays for detection of platelet-associated or plasma autoantibodies have not been available. We studied 59 patients with chronic...

ITP Platelet - associated and plasma anti - glycoprotein autoantibodies in chronic

Platelet kinetic study in patients with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) refractory or relapsing after corticosteroid treatment.

BACKGROUND A platelet kinetic study (PKS) is not indicated in the evaluation of adult patients with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) at presentation. However, in ITP patients refractory to or relapsing after corticosteroid therapy, its appropriateness is considered uncertain. METHODS We prospectively performed a PKS with (111)In oxine-labeled autologous platelets in 93 consecutive ad...