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ArticleInternational medical case reports journal2020

Severe Immune Thrombocytopenia Following MMR Vaccination with Rapid Recovery: A Case Report and Review of Literature.

Majd Akbik, Dima Naddeh, Anas A Ashour, Azzam Ashour

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Article in International medical case reports journal, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Majd AkbikAl-Thumama Health Center, Primary Health Care Corporation, Doha 26555, Qatar.
Dima NaddehMuaither Health Center, Primary Health Care Corporation, Doha 26555, Qatar.
Anas A AshourCollege of Medicine, QU Health, Qatar University, Doha 2713, Qatar.ORCID 0000-0002-9607-4009
Azzam AshourAl-Thumama Health Center, Primary Health Care Corporation, Doha 26555, Qatar.
Primary Health Care · QA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is an autoimmune disease that occurs following viral illnesses and may also infrequently occur after measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccination. ITP typically presents with the sudden appearance of a petechial rash, bruising, and/or bleeding in an otherwise healthy-appearing child. However, ITP following MMR vaccine does not commonly cause severely depleted platelets. We report a case of ITP after MMR vaccination in a 13-month-old baby boy, who presented with petechial rash all over his body. The child had severe thrombocytopenia but was successfully treated with a single dose of intravenous immunoglobulin without complications. The study highlights that ITP post-MMR vaccine is an easily treatable condition.

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case reportimmune thrombocytopeniaMMR vaccinethrombocytopenia

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PMID33376414
PMCPMC7755875
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