Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic

Synonyms

Autoimmune Thrombocytopenia

Autoimmune Thrombocytopenias

Autoimmune Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Autoimmune Thrombocytopenic Purpuras

Disease, Werlhof

Disease, Werlhof's

Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpuras

Immune Thrombocytopenia

Immune Thrombocytopenias

Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpuras

Purpura, Autoimmune Thrombocytopenic

Purpura, Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic

Purpura, Immune Thrombocytopenic

Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Autoimmune

Purpuras, Autoimmune Thrombocytopenic

Purpuras, Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic

Purpuras, Immune Thrombocytopenic

Thrombocytopenia, Autoimmune

Thrombocytopenia, Immune

Thrombocytopenias, Autoimmune

Thrombocytopenias, Immune

Thrombocytopenic Purpura, Autoimmune

Thrombocytopenic Purpura, Idiopathic

Thrombocytopenic Purpura, Immune

Thrombocytopenic Purpuras, Idiopathic

Thrombocytopenic Purpuras, Immune

Werlhof Disease

Werlhof's Disease

Werlhofs Disease

Thrombocytopenia occurring in the absence of toxic exposure or a disease associated with decreased platelets. It is mediated by immune mechanisms, in most cases IMMUNOGLOBULIN G autoantibodies which attach to platelets and subsequently undergo destruction by macrophages. The disease is seen in acute (affecting children) and chronic (adult) forms.