Ineffectiveness of high-dose intravenous gammaglobulin infusion in thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
β Scribed by Jean Marc Durand; Patrice Lefevre; Gilles Kaplanski; Jacques Soubeyrand
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 127 KB
- Volume
- 42
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0361-8609
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A recent article of Jokela et al. [ 11 gives me an opportunity to mention our successful result in the treatment of a patient with thrombotic thrombocytic purpura with intravenous high dose methylprednisolone administration.
Ten adult patient of chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (CITP) used oral prednisone and were treated with seven doses of oral high-dose methylprednisolone (30 mg/kg). Nine of ten patients responded after HDMP treatment (plt > 150 Γ 10 9 /L). Two patients having 8 and 10 years of history ach