Biomaterial Database

[Werlhof's disease: splenectomy. Platelet administration?]. 1992

J A Jiménez, and A Mora, and R Masip, and E Cabarrocas

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000075202	Contraindications	A condition or factor associated with a recipient that makes the use of a drug, procedure, or physical agent improper or inadvisable. Contraindications may be absolute (life threatening) or relative (higher risk of complications in which benefits may outweigh risks).	Contraindications, Physical Agent,Medical Contraindications,Agent Contraindication, Physical,Agent Contraindications, Physical,Contraindication,Contraindication, Medical,Contraindication, Physical Agent,Contraindications, Medical,Medical Contraindication,Physical Agent Contraindication,Physical Agent Contraindications
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D013156	Splenectomy	Surgical procedure involving either partial or entire removal of the spleen.	Splenectomies
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
D016913	Blood Component Transfusion	The transfer of blood components such as erythrocytes, leukocytes, platelets, and plasma from a donor to a recipient or back to the donor. This process differs from the procedures undertaken in PLASMAPHERESIS and types of CYTAPHERESIS; (PLATELETPHERESIS and LEUKAPHERESIS) where, following the removal of plasma or the specific cell components, the remainder is transfused back to the donor.	Blood Component Transfusions,Component Transfusion, Blood,Component Transfusions, Blood,Transfusion, Blood Component,Transfusions, Blood Component