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.
Also Known As:
Thrombocytopenic Purpura, Autoimmune; Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic; Autoimmune Thrombocytopenia; Immune Thrombocytopenia; Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura; Werlhof Disease; Autoimmune Thrombocytopenias; Autoimmune Thrombocytopenic Purpuras; Disease, Werlhof; Disease, Werlhof's; Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpuras; Immune Thrombocytopenias; Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpuras; Purpura, Autoimmune Thrombocytopenic; Purpura, Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic; Purpura, Immune Thrombocytopenic; Purpuras, Autoimmune Thrombocytopenic; Purpuras, Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic; Purpuras, Immune Thrombocytopenic; Thrombocytopenia, Autoimmune; Thrombocytopenia, Immune; Thrombocytopenias, Autoimmune; Thrombocytopenias, Immune; Thrombocytopenic Purpura, Idiopathic; Thrombocytopenic Purpura, Immune; Thrombocytopenic Purpuras, Idiopathic; Thrombocytopenic Purpuras, Immune; Werlhofs Disease; Autoimmune Thrombocytopenic Purpura; Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Autoimmune; Werlhof's Disease