Information for Doctors

This page contains information for physicians who treat patients with ITP and other platelet disorders. If you are a patient and want informtion about physicians who treat ITP click here.

Information Booklets for Patients

You can download patient booklets and other materials on our FREE Materials page.

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Sample Information Packet

We would be happy to send you a packet that contains a copy of our booklets along with an order form to obtain additional copies.

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Clinical Trials

We maintain a list of clinical trials of interest to our patient population.

Clinical Trials

ITP Treatment Guidelines

Suggested treatments recommendations differ depending on the age of the ITP patient and the platelet count or symptoms. New treatment guidelines for ITP are under development by an international group of specialists. We will link to these as soon as they are available.

"How I Treat..." Article

The following article from the journal Blood 106(7): 2244(2005), by D. Cines and J. Bussel, outlines a treatment regimen followed by these ITP specialists.

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American Society of Hematology ITP Guidelines

The American Society of Hematology has developed treatment guidelines. You can find them at

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OR in The Journal of The American Society of Hematology, July 1, 1996, titled "Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura: A Practice Guideline Developed by Explicit Methods for The American Society of Hematology."

British Society of Haematology ITP Guidelines

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OR in the British Journal of Haematology, 2003, 120, 574-596, titled "Guidelines for the Investigation and Management of Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura in Adults, Children, and Pregnancy

Additional Guidelines

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