Heroin-Induced
- 1 July 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of internal medicine (1960)
- Vol. 139 (7) , 752-754
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1979.03630440022010
Abstract
Six cases of acute thrombocytopenic purpura occurred secondary to heroin abuse. Five of the six affected patients were seen over a six-month period between November 1977 and March 1978, and the last patient was seen in November 1978. The clinical manifestations were characteristic of drug-induced immune thrombocytopenia. We suspect this syndrome is related to a new adulterant added to local street heroin. (Arch Intern Med 139:752-754, 1979)This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit: