The treatment for acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, a rare blood disorder that causes blood clots in the small ...

What can you tell me about the cause and treatment of immune thrombocytopenia purpura (ITP)? I am a 71-year-old male, and ...

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What can you tell me about the cause and treatment of immune thrombocytopenia purpura (ITP)? I am a 71-year-old male, and after lab results showed a low blood platelet count, I underwent a spleen and ...

Requests strongly predicted issuance, while case counts and fill rates were weak predictors, highlighting persistent operational challenges in specialized platelet supply. Increasing demand for ...

"These patients [with extreme thrombocytosis] had improved overall survival and lower bleeding risk compared to those with normal or low platelet counts at the time of diagnosis." — Marko Lucijanic, ...

How Does Doptelet Work in Thrombocytopenia? Thrombocytopenia is when your blood has too few platelets (also called thrombocytes). Platelets are blood cells made in the soft, spongy tissue inside your ...

Tiny structures in our blood called platelets are best known for helping to stop the bleeding after we get a cut or a scrape, but that is only part of the story. A new study reports that platelets ...

An expert discusses how ITP treatment success is monitored through maintaining safe platelet levels and symptom control, managing relapses, and tailoring follow-up based on therapy type and patient ...

Novartis AG (NYSE:NVS) released topline results on Tuesday from the VAYHIT2 Phase 3 trial evaluating ianalumab plus eltrombopag in patients with primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) previously ...