International consensus report on the investigation and management of primary immune thrombocytopenia

D Provan, R Stasi, AC Newland… - Blood, The Journal …, 2010 - ashpublications.org
Previously published guidelines for the diagnosis and management of primary immune
thrombocytopenia (ITP) require updating largely due to the introduction of new classes of …

Could autoimmunity be induced by vaccination?

S Salemi, R D'Amelio - International reviews of immunology, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Autoimmune reactions to vaccinations may rarely be induced in predisposed individuals by
molecular mimicry or bystander activation mechanisms. Autoimmune reactions reliably …

Epidemiology of paediatric immune thrombocytopenia in the General Practice Research Database

M Yong, WM Schoonen, L Li, G Kanas… - British journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
This study assessed the incidence of immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) and characteristics
associated with ITP in the paediatric population using the General Practice Research …

Thrombocytopenic purpura after measles-mumps-rubella vaccination: a systematic review of the literature and guidance for management

E Mantadakis, E Farmaki, GR Buchanan - The Journal of pediatrics, 2010 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To determine the incidence of immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) after
measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) immunization compared with natural measles and rubella …

Management of chronic childhood immune thrombocytopenic purpura: AIEOP consensus guidelines

D De Mattia, GC Del Vecchio, G Russo… - Acta …, 2010 - karger.com
Abstract Background/Objective: The management of chronic childhood idiopathic
thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is distinct from acute ITP. Similar to the publication on acute …

Association between drug and vaccine use and acute immune thrombocytopenia in childhood: a case-control study in Italy

F Bertuola, C Morando, F Menniti-Ippolito, R Da Cas… - Drug safety, 2010 - Springer
Background: Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is an immuno-mediated disease
characterized by a decrease in platelet count and, in its more severe forms, by bleeding …

Use of the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register for vaccine safety data linkage

M Gold, S Dugdale, RJ Woodman, KA McCaul - Vaccine, 2010 - Elsevier
We linked the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register (ACIR) to South Australian (SA)
hospital outcome data in order to evaluate the association between Measles Mumps and …

Within-individual dependence in self-controlled case series models for recurrent events

CP Farrington, MN Hocine - Journal of the Royal Statistical …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
The self-controlled case series model may be used to analyse recurrent events when event
times are conditionally independent given fixed or random individual effects. To test the …

Thrombocytopenic purpura following vaccination in early childhood: experience of a medical center in the past 2 decades

YL Hsieh, LH Lin - Journal of the Chinese Medical Association, 2010 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The etiology of thrombocytopenia during infancy and early childhood may
be different from that of older children, because young children frequently receive vaccines …

Postvaccination thrombocytopenia in Canada

LJ Sauvé, J Bettinger, D Scheifele… - The Pediatric …, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Active surveillance data from 12 Canadian tertiary-care hospitals on children hospitalized
with postvaccination thrombocytopenia were analyzed. Since 1992, there have been 107 …