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15864685

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-10-26
pubmed:abstractText
A 54-year-old Japanese woman was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in 1995 on the basis of symmetric effusive polyarthritis, morning stiffness, and strongly positive rheumatoid factor. She had received low-dose prednisolone, indomethacin, methotrexate (MTX), and cyclophosphamide (CPA), at least, over 4 years before the current admission and showed partial improvement of polyarthralgia. In November 2002, she suddenly developed thrombocytopenia (platelet count was 0.3 x 10(4) mm(-3)) with purpura and was diagnosed with immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP). As she had refractory ITP, the administration of pulsed high-dose dexamethasone (DEX) therapy was started, resulting in the complete remission of ITP. The present paper reports that pulsed high-dose DEX therapy was useful for the treatment of refractory ITP associated with RA.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0770-3198
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
24
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
641-4
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Immune thrombocytopenic purpura associated with rheumatoid arthritis: case report.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nephrology, Kochi Medical School, Kohasu, Okoh-cho, Nankoku, Japan. horinot@med.kochi-u.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Case Reports