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Cummings JR, Zhang X, Gandré C, Morsella A, Shields-Zeeman L, Winkelmann J, Allin S, Augusto GF, Cascini F, Cserháti Z, de Belvis AG, Eriksen A, Fronteira I, Jamieson M, Murauskienė L, Palmer WL, Ricciardi W, Samuel H, Scintee SG, Taube M, Vrangbæk K, van Ginneken E. Challenges facing mental health systems arising from the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from 14 European and North American countries. Health Policy 2023; 136:104878. [PMID: 37611521 DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2023.104878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2022] [Revised: 06/28/2023] [Accepted: 07/04/2023] [Indexed: 08/25/2023]
Abstract
We assessed challenges that the COVID-19 pandemic presented for mental health systems and the responses to these challenges in 14 countries in Europe and North America. Experts from each country filled out a structured questionnaire with closed- and open-ended questions between January and June 2021. We conducted thematic analysis to investigate the qualitative responses to open-ended questions, and we summarized the responses to closed-ended survey items on changes in telemental health policies and regulations. Findings revealed that many countries grappled with the rising demand for mental health services against a backdrop of mental health provider shortages and challenges responding to workforce stress and burnout. All countries in our sample implemented new policies or initiatives to strengthen mental health service delivery - with more than two-thirds investing to bolster their specialized mental health care sector. There was a universal shift to telehealth to deliver a larger portion of mental health services in all 14 countries, which was facilitated by changes in national regulations and policies; 11 of the 14 participating countries relaxed regulations and 10 of 14 countries made changes to reimbursement policies to facilitate telemental health care. These findings provide a first step to assess the long-term challenges and re-organizational effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health systems in Europe and North America.
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Affiliation(s)
- Janet R Cummings
- Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
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- Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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- Institut de recherche et documentation en économie de la santé (IRDES), Paris, France; AP-HP, Hôpital Robert Debré, Paris, France
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- Department of Public Mental Health, Trimbos Institute, Utrecht, the Netherlands; Interdisciplinary Social Science, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- NOVA National School of Public Health, Public Health Research Centre, Comprehensive Health Research Centre, CHRC, NOVA University Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Semmelweis University, Health Services Management Training Centre, Budapest, Hungary
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- Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy; Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "A. Gemelli" IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Health Care Management, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- NOVA National School of Public Health, Public Health Research Centre, Comprehensive Health Research Centre, CHRC, NOVA University Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal; Global Health and Tropical Medicine, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Psychiatry and Narcology, Rīga Stradiņš University, Riga, Latvia
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- Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Kim D, Banerdt WB, Ceylan S, Giardini D, Lekić V, Lognonné P, Beghein C, Beucler É, Carrasco S, Charalambous C, Clinton J, Drilleau M, Durán C, Golombek M, Joshi R, Khan A, Knapmeyer-Endrun B, Li J, Maguire R, Pike WT, Samuel H, Schimmel M, Schmerr NC, Stähler SC, Stutzmann E, Wieczorek M, Xu Z, Batov A, Bozdag E, Dahmen N, Davis P, Gudkova T, Horleston A, Huang Q, Kawamura T, King SD, McLennan SM, Nimmo F, Plasman M, Plesa AC, Stepanova IE, Weidner E, Zenhäusern G, Daubar IJ, Fernando B, Garcia RF, Posiolova LV, Panning MP. Surface waves and crustal structure on Mars. Science 2022; 378:417-421. [DOI: 10.1126/science.abq7157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
Abstract
We detected surface waves from two meteorite impacts on Mars. By measuring group velocity dispersion along the impact-lander path, we obtained a direct constraint on crustal structure away from the InSight lander. The crust north of the equatorial dichotomy had a shear wave velocity of approximately 3.2 kilometers per second in the 5- to 30-kilometer depth range, with little depth variation. This implies a higher crustal density than inferred beneath the lander, suggesting either compositional differences or reduced porosity in the volcanic areas traversed by the surface waves. The lower velocities and the crustal layering observed beneath the landing site down to a 10-kilometer depth are not a global feature. Structural variations revealed by surface waves hold implications for models of the formation and thickness of the martian crust.
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- D. Kim
- Institute of Geophysics, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
- Department of Geology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Institute of Geophysics, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Geophysics, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Geology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
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- Université Paris Cité, Institut de physique du globe de Paris, CNRS, Paris, France
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- Department of Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Nantes Université, Université Angers, Le Mans Université, CNRS, UMR 6112, Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géosciences, Nantes, France
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- Bensberg Observatory, University of Cologne, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
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- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Swiss Seismological Service, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institut Supérieur de l’Aéronautique et de l’Espace ISAE-SUPAERO, Toulouse, France
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- Institute of Geophysics, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Geophysics, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
- Physik-Institut, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Geology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, USA
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- Bensberg Observatory, University of Cologne, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
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- Université Paris Cité, Institut de physique du globe de Paris, CNRS, Paris, France
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- Geosciences Barcelona, CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Geology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
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- Institute of Geophysics, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Université Paris Cité, Institut de physique du globe de Paris, CNRS, Paris, France
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- Université Côte d’Azur, Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, CNRS, Laboratoire Lagrange, Nice, France
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- Université Paris Cité, Institut de physique du globe de Paris, CNRS, Paris, France
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- Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Geophysics, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, USA
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- Institute of Geophysics, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Department of Geophysics, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, USA
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- Université Paris Cité, Institut de physique du globe de Paris, CNRS, Paris, France
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- Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
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- Department of Geosciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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- Université Paris Cité, Institut de physique du globe de Paris, CNRS, Paris, France
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- Institute of Planetary Research, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Berlin, Germany
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- Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Institute of Geophysics, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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- Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Institut Supérieur de l’Aéronautique et de l’Espace ISAE-SUPAERO, Toulouse, France
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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Nirel N, Grinstien-Cohen O, Eyal Y, Samuel H, Ben-Shoham A. Models for projecting supply and demand for nurses in Israel. Isr J Health Policy Res 2015; 4:46. [PMID: 26673989 PMCID: PMC4678531 DOI: 10.1186/s13584-015-0043-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2014] [Accepted: 08/16/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Concern is growing over serious shortages in the nursing workforce and imbalance between supply and demand. Projections indicate that the demand for the nursing workforce will increase due to the aging population and an increase of the percentage of elderly people requiring assistance. Study goals To examine the expected balance between supply and several demand projections for nurses in Israel in order to contribute to planning the nursing workforce. Methods 1. Open interviews with key figures in the healthcare and nursing care systems; 2. Examination of supply and demand for nurses; 3. Examination of the balance between supply and demand projections. Main findings A considerable gap was found between the supply and demand projections for registered nurses, which will increase over time according to each of the demand projection models up to 2030. All of the models indicate that the projected shortage will be significantly affected by the age at which the nurses retire. Models based on a fixed ratio of nurses or infrastructure (beds, positions) per population show a particularly great gap between demand and supply. However, a more conservative model (based on hospital utilization), that takes the system's infrastructures and limitations, as well as the growing population and changes in its composition into account, without an increase in the direct ratio of the number of nurses, also predict a significant shortage of nurses within 20 years. Conclusions The gaps between the demand and supply projections indicate the need to augment the workforce in addition to the steps currently taken to recruit nursing staff and increase the number of training institutions for nurses. The relatively simple supply prediction models, which are based on available sources of information that can be easily revised, will make it possible to monitor and update projections regularly over time. The models developed in this study should help the process of long-term strategic planning for the number of nurses in Israel.
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- Nurit Nirel
- Smokler Center for Health Policy Research, Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute, JDC Hill, POB 3886, Jerusalem, 91037 Israel
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Recanati School for Community Health Professions, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 84105 Israel
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- Smokler Center for Health Policy Research, Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute, JDC Hill, POB 3886, Jerusalem, 91037 Israel
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- Smokler Center for Health Policy Research, Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute, JDC Hill, POB 3886, Jerusalem, 91037 Israel
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- Smokler Center for Health Policy Research, Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute, JDC Hill, POB 3886, Jerusalem, 91037 Israel
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Nirel N, Samuel H. Work practices and the provision of mental-health care on the verge of reform: a national survey of Israeli psychiatrists and psychologists. Isr J Health Policy Res 2014; 3:25. [PMID: 25097753 PMCID: PMC4115469 DOI: 10.1186/2045-4015-3-25] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2014] [Accepted: 07/13/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Background The State of Israel is preparing to transfer legal responsibility for mental- health care from the government to the country’s four competing, nonprofit health-plans. A prominent feature of this reform is the introduction of managed care into the mental-health system. This change will likely affect the service delivery patterns and care practices of professional caregivers in mental-health services. The study examines psychiatrists’ and psychologists’ patterns of service delivery and practice, and their attitudes toward the reform’s expected effects, focusing on the following questions: To what extent do today’s patterns of service delivery suit a managed-care environment? To what extent do professionals expect the reform to change their work? And do psychiatrists and psychologists differ on these questions? Methods A survey of 1,030 psychiatrists and psychologists using a closed mail questionnaire for self-completion was conducted from December 2011 to May 2012. Results Substantial differences were found between psychiatrists’ and psychologists’ personal and professional characteristics, work patterns, and treatment-provision characteristics. In addition, the study identified gaps between the treatment-provision characteristics of some of the professionals, mostly psychologists, and the demands of a managed-care environment. Moreover, a high percentage of the mental-health professionals (mostly psychologists) do not expect improvement in the quality of care or its accessibility and availability following the reform. However, those reporting practices associated with managed care (e.g. short-term treatment, compliance with monitoring procedures, and emphasis on evidence-based treatment) are less likely to expect negative changes in the provision and quality of care after the reform. Conclusions Steps need to be taken to reduce the gaps between the treatment-provision characteristics of the professionals and the demands of a managed-care environment, and there are several possible ways to do so. In order to recruit experienced, skilled professionals, the health plans should consider enabling various work models and offering training focused on the demands of working in a managed-care environment. It is advisable to implement this kind of training also during the training and specialization process by including these topics in the professional curricula.
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- Nurit Nirel
- Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute, Smokler Center for Health Policy Research, JDC Hill, POB 3886, Jerusalem 91037, Israel
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- Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute, Smokler Center for Health Policy Research, JDC Hill, POB 3886, Jerusalem 91037, Israel
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Samuel H, Nardi M, Karpatkin M, Hart D, Belmont M, Karpatkin S. Differentiation of autoimmune thrombocytopenia from thrombocytopenia associated with immune complex disease: systemic lupus erythematosus, hepatitis-cirrhosis, and HIV-1 infection by platelet and serum immunological measurements. Br J Haematol 1999; 105:1086-91. [PMID: 10554825 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1999.01469.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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A method and approach are described to differentiate classic autoimmune thrombocytopenia (ATP) from immune complex-associated thrombocytopenia in systemic lupus (SLE), hepatitis/chronic liver disease (LIV-ITP) and HIV-1 related thrombocytopenia (HIV-1-ITP). The platelet immunologic profile of IgG, C3C4 and IgM was measured with a solid-phase ELISA, employing 125I-staphylococcal protein A to detect indicator antibody binding. Polyethylene glycol was employed to precipitate immune complexes (PEG-IC). Platelet-associated IgG (PAIgG) was 2.8-, 5.6- and 5.8-fold higher in SLE, LIV-ITP and HIV-1-ITP patients respectively compared to ATP patients: platelet C3C4 was 3.2-, 4.8- and 4.5-fold higher respectively; platelet IgM was 2.2-, 3.7- and 3.8-fold higher respectively; serum PEG-IC levels were 4.2-, 4.8- and 2.1-fold higher respectively. With all parameters measured, there was no overlap between the 75th percentile for ATP patients and the 25th percentile for all three cohorts. The likelihood of having a platelet C3C4 level higher than the highest ATP level was 69% for SLE, 90% for LIV-ITP and 94% for HIV-1-ITP respectively; with PEG-IC measurements the likelihood was 83%, 100% and 100% respectively. Serum IgG, C3, C4, IgM and PEG-IC were examined for a possible relationship with platelet measurements. Except for a positive correlation between serum and platelet IgM in ATP, r = 0.5, P < 0.04, there was no positive correlation with any of the parameters measured. An inverse correlation was noted between PEG-IC level and platelet C3C4 in SLE, r = 0.7, P < 0.04. Thus platelet immunologic profile and serum PEG-IC level measurements differentiated classic ATP from immune complex-associated thrombocytopenias (SLE, LIV-ITP, HIV-1-ITP). Except for IgM measurements in ATP, platelet measurements could not be attributed to their respective serum concentration.
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- H Samuel
- Department of Pediatrics, New York University Medical School, NY, USA
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