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Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is an autoimmune disorder characterized by reduced platelet levels and heightened susceptibility to bleeding resulting from augmented autologous platelet destruction and diminished thrombopoiesis. Although antibody-mediated autoimmune reactions are widely recognized as primary factors, the precise etiological agents that trigger ITP remain unidentified. The pathogenesis of ITP remains unclear owing to the absence of comprehensive high-throughput data, except for the belated emergence of autoreactive antibodies.

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Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura Secondary to Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Infection: A Clinical Case.

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General and Family Medicine, Câmara de Lobos Health Center, Serviço de Saúde da Região Autónoma da Madeira, Entidade Pública Empresarial da Região Autónoma da Madeira (SESARAM, EPERAM), Câmara de Lobos, PRT.

Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is an autoimmune condition characterized by a reduced platelet count due to enhanced peripheral destruction and impaired platelet production. While thrombocytopenia is a well-documented complication of various viral infections, cytomegalovirus (CMV), a member of the Herpesviridae family, is primarily associated with infections in immunocompromised patients and is rarely implicated in causing severe thrombocytopenia in immunocompetent patients. This article aims to highlight the importance of considering CMV as a significant etiological factor in ITP, particularly in cases of asymptomatic thrombocytopenia.

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Pharmacotherapy of Liver Fibrosis and Hepatitis: Recent Advances.

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Liver fibrosis is a progressive scarring process primarily caused by chronic inflammation and injury, often closely associated with viral hepatitis, alcoholic liver disease, metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), drug-induced liver injury, and autoimmune liver disease (AILD). Currently, there are very few clinical antifibrotic drugs available, and effective targeted therapy is lacking. Recently, emerging antifibrotic drugs and immunomodulators have shown promising results in animal studies, and some have entered clinical research phases.

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Brachial neuritis, or Parsonage-Turner syndrome, is a rare disease characterized by a sudden, self-limiting pain in the upper limb followed by weakness and atrophy of the shoulder girdle muscles. Bilateral brachial plexus involvement occurs in between 10 and 30% of the patients, but symptoms are usually asymmetrical. The most common etiological factors include infection (25 to 55%) and autoimmune conditions.

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Serum protein electrophoresis can sometimes reveal polyclonal hypergammaglobulinemia. This electrophoretic abnormality can be caused by a variety of conditions and can be difficult to investigate. We sought to investigate screening practices in patients with hypergammaglobulinemia in order to establish diagnostic guidance strategies.

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