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Purpura

Purpura: Introduction

Purpura: Various bruising conditions where small blood vessels hemorrhage. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Purpura is available below.

Symptoms of Purpura

• Bruising
• Red-purple skin discoloration
• Bleeding under the skin
• Tiny red spots
• Petichiae - from bleeding under the skin
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See full list of 6 symptoms of Purpura

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Purpura: Complications

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Medical Textbooks Online about Purpura

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Misdiagnosis and Purpura

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Purpura: Research Doctors & Specialists

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• Immune-Related Disease Specialists (Immunology):
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Causes of Purpura

• Thrombocytopenia
• Scurvy
• Adverse reaction to some medications
• Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura
• Certain autoimmune diseases
• more causes...»

See full list of 6 causes of Purpura

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Reseach about Purpura

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Clinical Trials for Purpura

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Purpura include:

• Autologous Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation in Patients With Life Threatening Autoimmune Diseases - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - anti-thymocyte globulin,cyclophosphamide,cyclosporine,filgrastim,methylprednisolone,prednisone
• An Epidemiological Study of Subjects With Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura to Evaluate the Relationship Between Platelet Counts, Endogenous Thrombopoietin Levels, Endogenous Anti-Thrombopoietin Antibodies, and Selected Autoimmune Markers - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Treatment of Chronic Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP) With Intravenous Immunoglobulin IgPro10 - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Immunoglobulin Intravenous (Human)
• Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of AMG531 in Thrombocytopenic Subjects With Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura(ITP) - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - AMG 531
• Rituximab as Second Line Treatment for ITP - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Rituximab (Mabthera)
• more trials...»

See full list of 48 Clinical Trials for Purpura

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Purpura: Broader Related Topics

• Blood vessel conditions
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Types of Purpura

Types of Purpura

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Definitions of Purpura:

Extravasation of blood into the skin, resulting in a nonelevated, rounded or irregular, blue or purplish patch, larger than a petechia. - (Source - Diseases Database)

Any of several blood diseases causing subcutaneous bleeding - (Source - WordNet 2.1)

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