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  1. Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) - Symptoms and causes

    Apr 29, 2025 · Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is an illness that can lead to bruising and bleeding. Low levels of the cells that help blood clot, also known as platelets, most often cause the bleeding.

  2. Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura - Johns Hopkins Medicine

    Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is a blood disorder characterized by a decrease in the number of platelets in the blood. Platelets are cells in the blood that help stop bleeding. A decrease in …

  3. Immune thrombocytopenic purpura - Wikipedia

    Diagnosis of ITP involves identifying a low platelet count through a complete blood count, a common blood test. However, since the diagnosis relies on excluding other potential causes of a low platelet …

  4. Immune Thrombocytopenia (ITP): Symptoms, Diagnosis & Treatment

    Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is a form of low platelet count, a condition that keeps your blood from clotting. When your blood can’t make clots, you may bruise easily, bleed a lot when you’re hurt or …

  5. Platelet Disorders - Immune Thrombocytopenia (ITP) | NHLBI, NIH

    Jul 24, 2025 · Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is caused by your immune system attacking your platelets. It can cause serious bleeding. Learn about ITP symptoms and treatments.

  6. Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) in adults: Clinical ... - UpToDate

    Oct 24, 2025 · Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP, also called idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, immune thrombocytopenic purpura) is an acquired thrombocytopenia caused by autoantibodies …

  7. Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) - Harvard Health

    Jun 6, 2025 · In short, ITP is an illness in which unusually low levels of platelets lead to purpura and other forms of abnormal bleeding. In people with ITP, the immune system produces abnormal …

  8. Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP) - Children's Hospital of ...

    Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP) is a blood disorder characterized by an abnormal decrease in the number of platelets in the blood. Platelets are cells in the blood that help stop bleeding.

  9. Immune Thrombocytopenia (ITP): Background, Pathophysiology, Etiology

    Sep 24, 2025 · Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is a syndrome in which platelets become coated with autoantibodies to platelet membrane antigens, resulting in splenic sequestration and phagocytosis by …

  10. What is in a name: defining pediatric refractory ITP

    Sep 27, 2024 · Pediatric immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is a heterogenous disease associated with acquired autoimmune destruction and impaired production of platelets.