| PF | pair feeding; peak flow; perfusion fluid; pericardial fluid; periosteal fibroblast; peritoneal fluid... |
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| PTP | pancreatic thread protein; percutaneous transhepatic portography; physical treatment planning; poste... |
| SH | Salter-Harris [fracture]; Schonlein-Henoch [purpura]; self-help; serum hepatitis; sexual harassment;... |
| SHP | Schonlein-Henoch purpura; secondary hyperparathyroidism; state health plan |
| TP | temperature and pressure; temperature probe; temporal peak; temporoparietal; tension pneumothorax; t... |
| immune thrombocytopenic purpura | <haematology> A low number of platelets in the blood, which is common in people with HIV, but often resolves as immune deficiency worsens. HIV-related ITP usually does not have serious consequences. Its cause has not been definitely determined. Treatment with AZT frequently alleviates the condition. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| thrombocytopenia purpura | <haematology> In severe thrombocytopenia, bleeding into skin leads to small petechial haemorrhages. Primary thrombocytopenia purpura is of unknown cause but results from an autoimmune mechanism that causes platelet destruction. Secondary thrombocytopenic purpura may result from drug-induced type II hypersensitivity in which platelets coated with antibody to the drug (which is acting as a hapten) are destroyed in a complement mediated reaction. It can also follow a viral upper respiratory infection and may be seen in association with lupus. (15 Oct 1997) |
| thrombocytopenic purpura | See: idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thrombopenic purpura | idiopathic thrombocytopenia purpura |
| thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura | A rapidly fatal or occasionally protracted disease with varied symptoms in addition to purpura, including signs of central nervous system involvement, due to formation of fibrin or platelet thrombi in arterioles and capillaries in many organs. Synonym: Moschcowitz' disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| equine nonthrombocytopenic purpura | <veterinary> An immune-mediated vasculitis of horses due to immune complex deposition, characteristically as a sequela of strangles. (05 Mar 2000) |
| factitious purpura | Self-induced, often painful, ecchymoses. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fibrinolytic purpura | Purpura in which the bleeding is associated with rapid fibrinolysis of the clot. (05 Mar 2000) |