Journal of paediatrics and child health
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J Paediatr Child Health · Oct 2000
Epstein-Barr virus associated with immune thrombocytopenic purpura in childhood: a retrospective study.
Although Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is known to cause immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), the epidemiology of this pathogen in children with ITP is not known. In the present study, the clinicoepidemiology and laboratory characteristics of EBV-associated ITP in childhood were analysed retrospectively. ⋯ The incidence of childhood ITP associated with acute EBV infection is relatively high in Taiwan. Patients with EBV-associated ITP tended to resolve more slowly than those without EBV infection.