Immune-mediated thrombocytopenia

Immune-mediated thrombocytopenia Immune-mediated thrombocytopenia is the term used to describe the group of thrombocytopenic disorders in which platelets are destroyed by immune mechanisms. The thrombocytopenia develops when the rate of platelet destruction is greater than the ability of the megakaryocytes in the bone marrow to compensate with increased platelet production. Different investigators have attempted to quantitate this rate of …