Biomaterial Database

Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura in childhood. 2001

G R Buchanan

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75235-9063, USA.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007223	Infant	A child between 1 and 23 months of age.	Infants
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D002675	Child, Preschool	A child between the ages of 2 and 5.	Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D002908	Chronic Disease	Diseases which have one or more of the following characteristics: they are permanent, leave residual disability, are caused by nonreversible pathological alteration, require special training of the patient for rehabilitation, or may be expected to require a long period of supervision, observation, or care (Dictionary of Health Services Management, 2d ed). For epidemiological studies chronic disease often includes HEART DISEASES; STROKE; CANCER; and diabetes (DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2).	Chronic Condition,Chronic Illness,Chronically Ill,Chronic Conditions,Chronic Diseases,Chronic Illnesses,Condition, Chronic,Disease, Chronic,Illness, Chronic
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D016553	Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic	Thrombocytopenia occurring in the absence of toxic exposure or a disease associated with decreased platelets. It is mediated by immune mechanisms, in most cases IMMUNOGLOBULIN G autoantibodies which attach to platelets and subsequently undergo destruction by macrophages. The disease is seen in acute (affecting children) and chronic (adult) forms.	Autoimmune Thrombocytopenic Purpura,Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura,Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Autoimmune,Werlhof's Disease,Autoimmune Thrombocytopenia,Immune Thrombocytopenia,Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura,Thrombocytopenic Purpura, Autoimmune,Werlhof Disease,Autoimmune Thrombocytopenias,Autoimmune Thrombocytopenic Purpuras,Disease, Werlhof,Disease, Werlhof's,Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpuras,Immune Thrombocytopenias,Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpuras,Purpura, Autoimmune Thrombocytopenic,Purpura, Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic,Purpura, Immune Thrombocytopenic,Purpuras, Autoimmune Thrombocytopenic,Purpuras, Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic,Purpuras, Immune Thrombocytopenic,Thrombocytopenia, Autoimmune,Thrombocytopenia, Immune,Thrombocytopenias, Autoimmune,Thrombocytopenias, Immune,Thrombocytopenic Purpura, Idiopathic,Thrombocytopenic Purpura, Immune,Thrombocytopenic Purpuras, Idiopathic,Thrombocytopenic Purpuras, Immune,Werlhofs Disease