title: Consensus guideline for diagnosis and treatment of childhood idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Deparment of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyusyu, Fukuoka 807-8555, Japan. akira-s@med.uoeh-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shirahata
authors.forename: Eiichi
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ishii
authors.forename: Haruhiko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Eguchi
authors.forename: Hiroji
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Okawa
authors.forename: Shigeru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ohta
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kaneko
authors.forename: Shozaburo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Konishi
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sako
authors.forename: Isao
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sekine
authors.forename: Yukihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Masashi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Taki
authors.forename: Shigeru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tsuchiya
authors.forename: Kohji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujisawa
authors.forename: Fumio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bessho
authors.forename: Yasuo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Horikoshi
authors.forename: Junichi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mimaya
authors.forename: Jun-Ichi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Akatsuka
authors.forename: Sumio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miyazaki
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D016553:Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires