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IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA by Stephanie S. Jewett Posted Sun 18 Jul 2010 8:50am may have a platelet count of less than 10,000. Acute thrombocytopenic purpura is usually seen in young children (2-6 years of age) and the symptoms can follow... I remember as a child, a friend of mine had a disorder called idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura. It sounded so awful and I thought she was really sick Read on »

Henoch-Schonlein purpura: the disease you never really learned about by pathologystudent Posted Mon 21 May 2012 1:33am Sometimes in pathology, you hear the name of a disease over and over, but somehow you never really learn about it. So it was for me with Henoch-Schonlein purpura. I knew that some vasculitides resembled the lesions of Henoch-Schonlein purpura, and I knew it had something to do with IgA – but the disease itself eluded me. So, for those o ... Read on »

Breaking News: Astros Fire Garner, Purpura by Eli .. Patient Expert

Posted Fri 12 Sep 2008 3:45am The Astros announced today that they will fire GM Tim Purpura and manager Phil Garner today, replacing them with Interim GM Tal Smith and Manager Cecil Cooper. Garner, who hes been fairly successful with the Astros, finishing second in the NL Central since 2004 even winning a trip to the World Series only to be defeated by the White Sox in 2005 Read on »

Purpura, bleeding and Quikclot by sailor70 Posted Wed 01 Jul 2009 7:24am My sister-in-laws suffers from a condition called Purpura which looks like a rash on her forearms. The site of rash can bleed severely if she bumps it and it is very difficult to stop the bleeding. In addition, she has such scarring from those incidents that she has stopped wearing short-sleeved tops, so as to avoid questions and embarrassment Read on »

Genetics Home Reference: familial acute myeloid leukemia with mutated CEBPA by nih.gov Posted Wed 16 May 2012 4:43pm On this page: Description Genetic changes Inheritance Diagnosis Additional information Other names Glossary definitions Reviewed May 2012 What is familial acute myeloid leukemia with mutated CEBPA? Familial acute myeloid leukemia with mutate ... Read on »

Arsenic for Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia Offers Complete Remission by Cancer.gov Posted Tue 22 Feb 2011 11:11pm ... Read on »

WHO: Acute respiratory (including swine flu) disease prevalence around the world by Meryl Nass Posted Sat 26 Dec 2009 12:00am Read on »

Acute care bundling can benefit patients, providers AND payers by Action for Better Healthcare Patient Expert

Posted Wed 11 Nov 2009 10:01pm By Rick Norling Retired CEO Premier healthcare alliance Innovative efforts at Geisinger Health System to re-engineer care have led to an exciting concept called acute care bundling. The boundaries of acute care have typically been admission and discharge processes at hospitals. However, the opportunity for process improvement and the elimination Read on »