Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Management of Chronic Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura in Children, with Particular Reference to Immunosuppressive Therapy

“…The incidence of lasting remissions, with or without treatment, varies from 50 to 80% [8,9,14,30,37,45,46,50], and between 10 to 20% become chronic [30,37,50]. Corticosteroids and splenectomy have so far been recognised to be the treatment of choice in chronic ITP.…”