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Key articles
Provan D, Arnold DM, Bussel JB, et al. Updated international consensus report on the investigation and management of primary immune thrombocytopenia. Blood Adv. 2019 Nov 26;3(22):3780-817.Full text Abstract
Cines DB, Levine LD. Thrombocytopenia in pregnancy. Blood. 2017 Nov 23;130(21):2271-7.Full text Abstract
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. ACOG practice bulletin no. 207: thrombocytopenia in pregnancy. Obstet Gynecol. 2019 Mar (reaffirmed 2022);133(3):e181-93. Abstract
Cooper N, Ghanima W. Immune thrombocytopenia. N Engl J Med. 2019 Sep 5;381(10):945-55.Full text Abstract
Evans L, Rhodes A, Alhazzani W, et al. Surviving sepsis campaign: international guidelines for management of sepsis and septic shock 2021. Crit Care Med. 2021 Nov 1;49(11):e1063-143.Full text
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