An Epidemiology Study of Adult Immune Thrombocytopenia Patients in a Teaching Hospital in Northeastern Malaysia

An Epidemiology Study of Adult Immune Thrombocytopenia Patients in a Teaching Hospital in Northeastern Malaysia

Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) has been comprehensively studied and understood in Western Europe and various Asia-Pacific regions. However, the epidemiological and clinical-laboratory aspects of ITP in Malaysia remain limited and not well documented. Therefore, this study aims to evaluate the inciden...

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Veröffentlicht in:Curēus (Palo Alto, CA) CA), 2023-11, Vol.15 (11), p.e48533-e48533
Hauptverfasser: Zahidin, Muhamad Aidil, Abdul Razak, Nurul Izzah, Mohd Noor, Noor Haslina, Johan, Muhammad Farid, Zulkafli, Zefarina, Abdullah, Abu Dzarr, Edinur, Hisham Atan
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Sprache:eng
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Age
Anemia
Autoimmune diseases
Blood
Blood platelets
Breast cancer
Comorbidity
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Dengue fever
Epidemiology
Epidemiology/Public Health
Ethnicity
Females
Gender
Graves disease
Hematology
Hemoglobin
Hepatitis B
Hospitals
Information systems
Lupus
Males
Neutrophils
Patients
Viral infections
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Zusammenfassung:Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) has been comprehensively studied and understood in Western Europe and various Asia-Pacific regions. However, the epidemiological and clinical-laboratory aspects of ITP in Malaysia remain limited and not well documented. Therefore, this study aims to evaluate the incidence and clinical parameters of ITP using 20-year retrospective data. Medical records for 205 consecutive adult patients with ITP between January 2000 and December 2022 were analyzed. A p-value of
ISSN:2168-8184
2168-8184
DOI:10.7759/cureus.48533