Successful treatment with cyclosporin A in a child with acquired pure amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenic purpura.
Idiopathic acquired pure amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenic purpura (APATP) in young patients (non-neonates) is a rare disorder with a variable clinical course. Cure is unusual. A 13.5-year-old boy with idiopathic APATP was treated with cyclosporin A. Apparently effective, the treatment resulted in the reappearance of marrow megakaryocytes and normalization of platelet count.
Department of Pediatrics, China Medical College Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China.
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Peng
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Kao
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Tsai
D000293:Adolescent; D016572:Cyclosporine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008533:Megakaryocytes; D010976:Platelet Count; D016553:Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy*
D016572:Cyclosporine