Publications by authors named "Claire Dichamp"

Splenectomy is effective in ∼70% to 80% of pediatric chronic immune thrombocytopenia (cITP) cases, and few data exist about it in autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) and Evans syndrome (ES). Because of the irreversibility of the procedure and the lack of predictions regarding long-term outcomes, the decision to undertake splenectomy is difficult in children. We report here factors associated with splenectomy outcomes from the OBS'CEREVANCE cohort, which prospectively includes French children with autoimmune cytopenia (AIC) since 2004.

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