title: Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura Associated with Hepatitis A Infection in a Five-year Old Boy: A Case Report.
abstract: Acute hepatitis A infection is usually a self-limiting disease and mostly asymptomatic in children younger than six years old. Extrahepatic autoimmune manifestations such as immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) have been reported rarely in children with acute hepatitis A infection. We report herein a paediatric case with ITP which is due to hepatitis A virus infection.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Sisli Etfal Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Urganci
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Sisli Etfal Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kilicaslan
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Sisli Etfal Training and Research Hospital, 34270 Istanbul, Turkey. deryakaly@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kalyoncu
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Hematology, Sisli Etfal Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yilmaz