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. 2020 Nov 1;105(11):2682-2685.
doi: 10.3324/haematol.2019.236737.

Long-term outcomes after splenectomy in children with immune thrombocytopenia: an update on the registry data from the Intercontinental Cooperative ITP Study Group

Maria L Avila  1 , Nour Amiri  1 , Eleanor Pullenayegum  2 , Victor Blanchette  1 , Paul Imbach  3 , Thomas Kühne  4 , Intercontinental Cooperative Itp Study Group
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Long-term outcomes after splenectomy in children with immune thrombocytopenia: an update on the registry data from the Intercontinental Cooperative ITP Study Group

Maria L Avila et al. Haematologica. .
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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Spaghetti plot showing platelet counts over time. Spaghetti plots of platelet count for each individual over time after splenectomy. The upper panel shows platelet counts in the first 30 days and the lower panel shows platelet counts in the first 50 months of follow-up. The blue solid line represents the regression line (loess).
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Frequency of response and bleeding in primary immune thrombocytopenia. Center column shows the overall response category and percentage of patients in each of them. Left column shows the frequency of bleeding and clinically relevant non-major (CRNM) bleeding according to response category. Right column shows the frequency of patterns of response in each response category depending on whether the response was sustained or there were fluctuations over time. n: number.
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