Journal article
High-Dose Intravenous Immune Globulin and the Response to Splenectomy in Patients with Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
Abstract
BACKGROUND: High-dose intravenous immune globulin produces a temporary rise in the platelet count in patients with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura. Splenectomy may also be effective, but it is not possible to predict which patients will have a good response. We hypothesized that the response to intravenous immune globulin predicts the response to splenectomy.
METHODS: We studied retrospectively 30 patients with idiopathic thrombocytopenic …
Authors
Law C; Marcaccio M; Tam P; Heddle N; Kelton JG
Journal
The New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 336, No. 21, pp. 1494–1498
Publisher
Massachusetts Medical Society
Publication Date
May 22, 1997
DOI
10.1056/nejm199705223362104
ISSN
0028-4793