Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura Associated with Hepatitis A Infection in a Five-year Old Boy: A Case Report.
Urganci, N;Kilicaslan, O;Kalyoncu, D;Yilmaz, S;
the west indian medical journal2014Vol. 63pp. 536-8
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urganci2014immunethe
Abstract
Acute hepatitis A infection is usually a self-limiting disease and mostly asymptomatic in children younger than six years old. Extrahepatic autoimmune manifestations such as immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) have been reported rarely in children with acute hepatitis A infection. We report herein a paediatric case with ITP which is due to hepatitis A virus infection.