Postrubella Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Abstract

Just as after measles and chickenpox, ru bella in children may be followed by acute transitory thrombocytopenic purpura from bone marrow injury. All eight children here described made uneventful recoveries, and this is the usual pattern.Specific epidemiologic inquiries and per haps even serologic studies for rubella should be done when a child experiences an attack of acute thrombocytopenic pur pura with no obvious inciting cause.