Newly diagnosed immune thrombocytopenia in children and adults : a comparative prospective observational registry of the Intercontinental Cooperative Immune Thrombocytopenia Study Group

Primary immune thrombocytopenia is a bleeding diathesis with an unknown etiology in predisposed individuals with immune disturbances. Although it is claimed that children and adults differ in clinical and laboratory aspects, few data exist to corroborate this observation. Our objective was to assess comparative data from children and adults with newly diagnosed immune thrombocytopenia.