Diagnosis and treatment of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura: recommendations of the American Society of Hematology. The American Society of Hematology ITP Practice Guideline Panel.

To develop guidelines for the diagnosis and management of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) and to document the extent to which those guidelines are based on either scientific evidence or opinion, the AMerican Society of Hematology established a panel composed of 13 hematologists with expertise in ITP, a clinical epidemiologist, and a practice guidelines methodologist. A comprehensive review was done of all published English-language …