Abstract

ROSAS BRAVO, Ma. Yadhira; YUNES ROJAS, Julián Alejandro  and  GONZALEZ VERGARA, Enrique. Vitamina C y extractos de Achillea millefolium como primera línea de terapia en el tratamiento de púrpura trombocitopénica. Rev Cubana Invest Bioméd [online]. 2003, vol.22, n.1, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-3011.

A female patient who had been suffering from idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura for more than 24 years was presented. She had undergone splenectomy and she was refractory to therapy with a great number of agents. She had been treated with a combination of sodium ascorbate and extracts from Achillea millefolium. The quality of life of the patient improved significantly and she was able to have 3 children. It was made a report of the 8-year follow-up of this patient, the implications in the understanding of ITP and its potential treatment.

Keywords : ASCORBIC ACID [therapeutic use]; MILLEFOLIUM; PLANTS, MEDICINAL [therapeutic use]; PLANT EXTRACTS; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDOPATHIC [drug therapy].

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