| Clinical Studies on Purpura in Children. |
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Hyo Duck Kim, Tai Ju Hwang, Jung Hi Oh |
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Department of pediatrics, College of Medicine, Chonnam National University, Kwangju, Korea. |
| 소아 자반병의 임상적 고찰 |
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김효덕, 황태주, 오정희 |
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전남대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실 |
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| Abstract |
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The following results were obtained through the clinical review of 182 cases who were admitted with purpuric manifestation at the Pediatric Department of Chonnam National University Hospital during the four-year period, January 1975 through Decemver 1978. 1. The incidence was in the order of leukemia 50 cases(27.5%), sepsis 33 cases(18.1%), meningococcemia 33 cases(18.1%), allergic purpura 29 cases(15.9%), aplastic anemia 19 cases(10.5%) and I.T.P. 18 cases(9.9%). 2. By age distribution, 69.2% of the patients was less than 8 years of age. Male to Female ratio was 1.5:1. 3. The most common symptoms were purpura, fever, anemia and epistaxis. 4. In the laboratory findings; Platelet count was below 50,000/mm(3) in I.T.P.(66.7%), leukemia(68.0%), aplastic anemia(89.5%) but was above 150,000/mm(3) in allergic purpura(93.1%). Bleeding time was prolonged above 4min. in thrombocytopenic purpura but was within normal limits in non-thrombocytopenic purpura. |
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