Thrombocytopenia - drug induced

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Blood clot formation

Blood clots

Drug-induced thrombocytopenia

Decreased platelets may cause:

• Abnormal bleeding
• Bleeding when you brush your teeth
• Easy bruising
• Pinpoint red spots on the skin (petechiae)

See: Thrombocytopenia

Review Date: 06/13/2011
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; Yi-Bin Chen, MD, Leukemia/Bone Marrow Transplant Program, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org).

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