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Response to: ‘Risk of systemic lupus erythematosus in patients with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura: population-based cohort study’ by Goulielmos and Zervou
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We thank Goulielmos et al1 for their interests on our article entitled ‘Risk of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in patients with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP): a population-based cohort study’.2
Goulielmos et al raised possible mechanism and explanation about the link of ITP and SLE. We appreciated their review and comments on sensitised platelets, shared genetic background and similar molecular signatures of these two diseases. We also agree that these …