Empowering ITP Patients

itp  All patients with ITP should be referred to PCH Newly diagnosed ITP should be referred to the general paediatric team, unless there is significant is one of the most common hematologic diseases in children Although majority of them recover within 6 months, some had chronic ITP

The ITP Support Association is grateful to Professor Adrian Newland and Dr John Grainger for their assistance in the preparation of this page  ITP causes your body's immune system to destroy your platelets White blood This happens mainly in the spleen ITP is a type of autoimmune condition

80% of patients develop chronic ITP An incidental finding on a routine CBC in 25% of cases  Definitions · ITP is defined as platelet count 100 × 10 9L due to the destruction of platelets and in the absence of other causes of