SUCCESSFUL STEROID TREATMENT OF IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA AFTER ORTHOTOPIC LIVER-TRANSPLANTATION FOR PRIMARY BILIARY-CIRRHOSIS

Authors
FICKERT P TRAUNER M SILL H HINTERLEITNER TA STAUBER RE
Citation
P. Fickert et al., SUCCESSFUL STEROID TREATMENT OF IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA AFTER ORTHOTOPIC LIVER-TRANSPLANTATION FOR PRIMARY BILIARY-CIRRHOSIS, The American journal of gastroenterology, 93(10), 1998, pp. 1985-1986
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Journal title
The American journal of gastroenterology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029270
Volume
93
Issue
10
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1985 - 1986
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9270(1998)93:10<1985:SSTOIT>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is an autoimmune disease of the liver frequently associated with extrahepatic autoimmune phenomena, Specific antibodies against platelet glycoproteins may play an important role in the pathogenesis of thrombocytopenia associated with PBC, This is t he first report of life-threatening idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpur a successfully treated with steroids in a 62-yr-old woman 2 yr after l iver transplantation for PBC, (Am J Gastroenterol 1998;93: 1985-1986, (C) 1998 by Am, Cell. of Gastroenterology).