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Immune (Idiopathic) Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Background

Childhood Immune (Idiopathic) Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP) is a disorder that affects around 4 in 100,000 children every year. Its basis is a dramatic and often sudden reduction in the number of circulating platelets - small blood cells that have an essential role in the prevention of bleeding.

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Medical text written 1996 by Professor Sir John S Lilleyman, Mark Ridgewell Professor, Barts and the London NHS Trust, London, UK. Last updated January 2005 by Dr S Ball, Consultant Paediatric Haematologist, St George's Hospital Medical School, London, UK.

 

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