Other terms
Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura,Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpuras,Purpura, Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic,Purpuras, Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic,Thrombocytopenic Purpura, Idiopathic,Thrombocytopenic Purpuras, Idiopathic,Werlhof's Disease,Disease, Werlhof's,Werlhofs Disease,Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Autoimmune,Werlhof Disease,Disease, Werlhof,Autoimmune Thrombocytopenic Purpura,Autoimmune Thrombocytopenic Purpuras,Purpura, Autoimmune Thrombocytopenic,Purpuras, Autoimmune Thrombocytopenic,Thrombocytopenic Purpura, Autoimmune,Thrombocytopenic Purpuras, Autoimmune,Autoimmune Thrombocytopenia,Autoimmune Thrombocytopenias,Thrombocytopenia, Autoimmune,Thrombocytopenias, Autoimmune
Description
Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic: Thrombocytopenia occurring in the absence of toxic exposure or a disease associated with decreased platelets. It is mediated by immune mechanisms, in most cases IMMUNOGLOBULIN G autoantibodies which attach to platelets and subsequently undergo destruction by macrophages. The disease is seen in acute (affecting children) and chronic (adult) forms.
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