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QJM 2005 98(11):839-840; doi:10.1093/qjmed/hci130
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Long-term cost-efficacy of rituximab in immune thrombocytopenic purpura

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Sir,

Prior to 1981, the only effective treatments for increasing platelet count in immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) were corticosteroids and splenectomy. More recently, intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) and Rh immunoglobulin (IV RhIg) have demonstrated efficacy. Other treatments, including danazol, azathioprine, cyclophosphamide, vinca alkaloids and cyclosporin A, are supported by small and mostly uncontrolled clinical trials.

When conventional therapy fails, . . . [Full Text of this Article]

J.I. Pérez-Calvo, F. Ruiz-Ruiz, B. Amores and M.A. Torralba

Servicio de Medicina Interna Hospital Clínico Universitario ‘Lozano Blesa’, Zaragoza, Spain email: mibh-jperez@hcu-lblesa.es


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