Thrombocytopenic purpura during the incubation of hepatitis B.
A 6-year-old girl presented with acute thrombocytopenic purpura. Hepatitis B surface antigenaemia was present at the time of this illness, and 8 weeks later she developed acute icteric hepatitis B. Screening for hepatitis B virus should be considered in children with apparently idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura.
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Department of Paediatrics, Hadassah University Hospital Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel.
D000208:Acute Disease; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology; D006512:Hepatitis B Core Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D006515:Hepatitis B virus / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D010976:Platelet Count; D016553:Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D013997:Time Factors
D006512:Hepatitis B Core Antigens; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens