dc.contributor.author | Mukiibi, JM | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-06-12T05:56:16Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-06-12T05:56:16Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1989-10 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Trop Geogr Med. 1989 Oct;41(4):326-30 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hinari-gw.who.int/whalecomwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/whalecom0/pubmed/2635447 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/31842 | |
dc.description.abstract | patients with autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura (AITP) seen in Zimbabwe between January 1980 and December 1987 are presented. There was a female preponderance (male to female ratio of 1:1,9); and the mean age +/- s.d. was 18.1 +/- 14.5 (range 0.5 to 59) years. Seventy nine per cent of the acute AITP patients presented within the first decade of life; whilst 25% and 75% of the chronic AITP cases were seen below and above ten years respectively. Epistaxis was the commonest form of presentation; occurring in 70% of all cases. Platelet counts considered to be in the potentially dangerous level i.e. less than 40-50 X 10(9)/l were respectively found in 92% and 82% of the acute and chronic cases. The disease is not rare in Zimbabwe and presents with a picture identical with that previously described in Caucasian and other African populations. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | University of Nairobi | en |
dc.title | Autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura (AITP) in Zimbabwe. | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
local.publisher | Department of Haematology and Blood Transfusion | en |