Consensus guideline for diagnosis and treatment of childhood idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura.
A practice guideline aimed at standardizing the treatment for childhood idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is presented. This consensus guideline is based on a survey carried out via a questionnaire prepared by the ITP Committee of the Japanese Society of Pediatric Hematology and sent to society members. The survey questionnaire included questions on the diagnosis of ITP submitted for the purpose of revising the ITP diagnostic guideline prepared in 1990 by the Research Group for Intractable Hematopoietic Disorders; a revised diagnostic guideline also is presented.
Shirahata
Akira
A
Deparment of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyusyu, Fukuoka 807-8555, Japan. akira-s@med.uoeh-u.ac.jp
Ishii
Eiichi
E
Eguchi
Haruhiko
H
Okawa
Hiroji
H
Ohta
Shigeru
S
Kaneko
Takashi
T
Konishi
Shozaburo
S
Sako
Masahiro
M
Sekine
Isao
I
Takahashi
Yukihiro
Y
Taki
Masashi
M
Tsuchiya
Shigeru
S
Fujisawa
Kohji
K
Bessho
Fumio
F
Horikoshi
Yasuo
Y
Mimaya
Junichi
J
Akatsuka
Jun-Ichi
J
Miyazaki
Sumio
S
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D016553:Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires