title: Immune thrombocytopenia in children less than 1 year of age: a single-institution 10-year experience.
abstract: Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) in children less than one year of age is less well characterized compared to ITP in toddlers and school-age children. We performed a 10-year retrospective review of ITP patients in this age-cohort at our institution. Diagnosis and classification were made according to the 2009 International Working Group criteria. Fourteen infants were identified. Their bleeding scores were Grades 1 to 2 (79%), Grade 3 (22%), Grades 4 to 5 (0%). Eight patients received treatment with a 75% response rate. Three patients (21%) developed chronic ITP. These observations suggest that ITP in very young patients is similar to typical childhood ITP.
authors: Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. claralo@stanford.edu
authors: Clara
authors: C
authors: Lo
authors: Wendy
authors: W
authors: Wong
authors: Bertil
authors: B
authors: Glader
authors: Michael
authors: M
authors: Jeng
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D016553:Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D012189:Retrospective Studies