Immune thrombocytopenia

The size of platelets, the cell fragments that help blood clot, and the levels of certain immune cells in the body may help predict the…

The approved immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) treatment Doptelet (avatrombopag) may be able to be repurposed to treat certain bone diseases, according to a new…

Use of the experimental cell therapy QT-019B showed promise for people with treatment-resistant immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) in early clinical testing, restoring platelet counts —…

Doctors found that immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) complicated the surgical removal of a slow-growing, benign tumor along the spine of a 28-year-old man that impaired his…

Scientists in China have discovered that the proteins RNF5 and DNAJC21 — the latter encoded by the DNAJC21 gene — may be useful targets for…

Researchers have developed two novel antibody-based therapies that may be used to treat antibody-mediated autoimmune diseases such as immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), according to a…

An assessment of platelet function, rather than platelet counts alone, may better reflect bleeding severity and treatment response in people with immune thrombocytopenia (ITP),…

I watched in horror as the muscle distortion from an intense charley horse moved down my lower leg, bruising my skin as it went. It…

In a large, investigator-initiated clinical trial, about twice as many children and adolescents with newly diagnosed immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) achieved a sustained platelet response…

Life with chronic and rare illnesses is interesting, to say the least. I have to manage new and existing symptoms, visit medical providers, and stay…