ACUTE IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA IN CHILDHOOD - REPORT OF A CASE PRESENTING IN GENERAL DENTAL PRACTICE

Authors
HUNTER ML HUNTER B LESSER S
Citation
Ml. Hunter et al., ACUTE IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA IN CHILDHOOD - REPORT OF A CASE PRESENTING IN GENERAL DENTAL PRACTICE, British Dental Journal, 183(1), 1997, pp. 27-29
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Dentistry,Oral Surgery & Medicine
Journal title
British Dental Journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00070610
Volume
183
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
27 - 29
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-0610(1997)183:1<27:AITPIC>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
Acute idiopathic thrombocytopaenic purpura is the most common of the t hrombocytopaenias of childhood. Clinically it is associated with petec hia, mucocutaneous bleeding and occasionally haemorrhage into tissues. The oral mucosa is frequently involved. This paper describes a case p resenting in general dental practice.