Case Report

Vol. 37 No. 2 (2005): The Eurasian Journal of Medicine

RESOLUTION OF IMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIA ASSOCIATED WITH CHRONIC HEPATITIS B VIRUS INFECTION IN A PATIENT TREATED WITH ANTIVIRAL THERAPY

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Fuat Erdem
İlhami Kiki
Mehmet Gündoğdu
Refik Ali Sarı

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Thrombocytopenia is one of the most frequent haematological disorders in patients with chronic liver disease. We present a case of a 65-year-old woman who referred to our outpatient of haematology for chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and chronic Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP). A sustained normalization of platelet count was observed during antiviral therapy without of administration corticosteroid or immunoglobulin.


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