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Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

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Atopic symptoms and early-onset eczema are frequent findings in patients with Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome

Milk allergy and other food allergies are also associated with eczema in Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome

Eczema may worsen in the presence of infections and during the winter

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Hatzistilianou, M., Janoudaki, M., Massaad, M., Geha, R., Kanariou, M. (2019). Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura. In: Rezaei, N. (eds) Pediatric Immunology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21262-9_133

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