THROMBOPENIC PURPURA; AN ANALYSIS OF 160 CASES
Authors: W. M. Fowler
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1936)

Article1 May 1936THROMBOPENIC PURPURA; AN ANALYSIS OF 160 CASESW. M. FOWLER, M.D.W. M. FOWLER, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-9-11-1475 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe present concept of thrombopenic purpura as a definite syndrome has gradually been evolved and separated from the maze of hemorrhagic diseases. In the earliest fragmentary descriptions of purpura it was noted in association with the pestilent fevers,1later it was found apart from these, and still more recently was separated as a distinct entity. A proper understanding of the condition, however, awaited the discovery of the blood platelets by Donne and Arnold2and the observation by Denys3and Hayem5that the platelets were diminished in certain cases of purpura. 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