Sudden onset of thrombocytopenia (reduced platelet count) within 5-10 days of the transfusion of blood products. The clinical presentation is post-transfusion purpura (PTP), wigth severe thrmbocytopenia, epistaxis, and hemorrhages. [ https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4381-2442 ]
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- UMLS:C1868252
- UMLS:C0398648
- SNOMEDCT_US:73162004
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Post-transfusion thrombocytopenia is thought to be related to platelet-specific alloantibody from prior transfusion/pregnancy.