title: Reply to: is platelet transfusion necessary in cirrhotic patients with splenomegaly?
authors.affiliation: IRCCS Ca' Granda Maggiore Hospital Foundation, Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: Armando
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tripodi
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Primignani
authors.forename: Pier M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Mannucci
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006487:Hemostasis / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D017713:Platelet Transfusion / Q000379:methods*; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*