title: Is splenectomy still the gold standard for the treatment of chronic ITP?
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rodeghiero
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ruggeri
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D016553:Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic / Q000601:surgery*; D013156:Splenectomy; D016896:Treatment Outcome