Wikipedia Source: Charley Pride Charley Frank Pride is an American country music singer, musician/guitarist, recording artist, performer, and business owner. His greatest musical success came in the early- to mid-1970s when he became the best-selling performer for RCA Records since Elvis Presley.
Chlorpropamide. Ranitidine. Rifampin. Vancomycin. Drug-induced thrombocytopenia occurs typically when a drug bound to the platelet creates a new and âforeignâ antigen, causing an immune reaction. This disorder is indistinguishable from ITP except for the history of drug ingestion.
The mechanism underlying heparin-induced thrombocytopenia is an immune response [18, 19]. The principal antigen is a complex of heparin and platelet factor 4 (PF4). Platelet factor 4 is a small positively charged molecule of uncertain biological function normally found in Î±-granules of platelets.