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Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura is a bleeding disorder in which the immune system destroys platelets, which are necessary for normal blood clotting. Persons with the disease have too few platelets in the blood.ITP is sometimes called immune th...
Source:ADAM
Date:December 12, 2008
Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, or ITP, is a bleeding disorder caused by an abnormally low level of platelets in the patient''s blood. Platelets are small plate-shaped bodies in the blood that combine to form a plug when a blood vessel is inju...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura(ITP) is a bleeding disorder caused by an abnormally low level of blood platelets, small disc-shaped cells essential to blood clotting(coagulation). ITP describes both the cause and symptoms of the condition: idi...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
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