The pathogenesis of immune thrombocytopaenic purpura

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 364-374

  Cooper, Nichola ^a   Bussel, James ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Immune thrombocytopaenic purpura; Pathology; T cells; Thrombocytopaenia

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CD40 LIGAND; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; FC RECEPTOR; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR; GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN F(AB) FRAGMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 9; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; PREDNISONE; THROMBOCYTE ANTIBODY; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; BINDING AFFINITY; BLEEDING; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CHROMOSOME 6; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; COLONY FORMING UNIT; COMMON VARIABLE IMMUNODEFICIENCY; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; DNA MICROARRAY; DRUG EFFECT; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER; MALARIA; MEGAKARYOCYTE; MEGAKARYOPOIESIS; MORBIDITY; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SPLEEN; SPLENECTOMY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOCYTOPOIESIS; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VIRUS INFECTION;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; AUTOIMMUNITY; BLOOD PLATELETS; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 33645814192     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2006.06024.x     Document Type: Review

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