Medical University of South CarolinaCharleston, South Carolina
Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), now more commonly referred to as immune thrombocytopenia, is defined as a hemorrhagic disorder in which there is a pronounced reduction in circulating blood platelets due to the presence in blood plasma of a substance that agglutinates platelets.1 Despite this definition, the risk of bleeding in patients with ITP seems dis proportionately low, compared with the circulating platelet counts.
August 2026 | Volume 19 | No 3
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