Successful Treatment with Dapsone for Refractory Immune Thrombocytopenia
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Case Reports - Year 2015, Vol 2, Issue 3
Abstract
In adult with immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), it has been known that steroids have been used as a first-line therapy. The therapy induced remission in more than 60% of patients. Here, we evaluated the results of dapsone for a steroid-resistant ITP patient. Further, dapsone has been reported to emerge as a safe and inexpensive therapy for chronic ITP. In this case, we showed a relationship between platelet count and grade of hemolysis by treatment with dapsone.
Authors and Affiliations
Yasuhiro Maeda, Kenta Yamamoto, Ayano Fukui, Go Eguchi, Terufumi Yamaguchi
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- EP ID EP343739
- DOI 10.9734/IJMPCR/2015/13139
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