Sulfasalazine induced immune thrombocytopenia in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis

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• 作者：Nehal Narayan ; Shirley Rigby ; Francesco Carlucci
• 关键词：Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) ; Rheumatic diseases ; Thrombocytopenia ; Autoantibodies ; Tissues or models ; Hematologic diseases ; Blood platelets disorders
• 刊名：Clinical Rheumatology
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：36
• 期：2
• 页码：477-479
• 全文大小：204KB
• 刊物类别：Medicine
• 刊物主题：Rheumatology;
• 出版者：Springer London
• ISSN：1434-9949
• 卷排序：36

文摘

Sulfasalazine has long been used for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and is often chosen as a first-line treatment. Here, we report a case of sulfasalazine-induced autoimmune thrombocytopenia and review the mechanisms behind drug-induced immune thrombocytopenia (DITP) and the approach to its diagnosis and management.