One of the most common causes of thrombocytopenia, immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), can cause a severe reduction in the circulating platelet count, with a subset of affected individuals not ...

In gestational thrombocytopenia (GT), your pregnancy causes this decrease. GT is benign, usually symptom-free, and almost always sorts itself out after you give birth. To understand GT ...

But sometimes it can last longer, or come back after going away. Very rarely, especially if there is an injury to the head, immune thrombocytopenia can cause bleeding in the brain (a stroke). Immune ...

Correspondence to: Dr Roberts, Department of Haematology, Hammersmith Campus, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, London W12 0NN, UK; irene.roberts{at}ic.ac.uk Neonatal thrombocytopenia is a common ...

What causes ITP? Normally, the immune system helps prevent and fight infection. But in ITP, the immune system attacks and destroys the body's platelets. We are not sure why. When the immune system ...

Antithrombotic drugs have the potential to cause thrombocytopenia, and when this condition occurs, prompt identification of the offending agent is complicated by the presence of multiple drugs.