IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA (i.T.P.)

Abstract

The course of t he disorder is acute and chronic.The acute form o f the disease occurs most c ommonly in children , but is seen i n adults as well . The chronic recurrent f orm occurs most o f t e n in women between t wenty and forty years of age. We have studied 3000 cases from the patients o f hematological and internal department in Imam Khornaini Medical ~~ntre , Uni. of Tehr an/ I RAN. We have found also t h e chronic disorder occurs about 70 % adult women .