Assessment of the underlying causes of the immune thrombocytopenia: Ten years experience.

Objective: Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is an immune haematologic disorder causing platelet destruction mediated by anti-platelet antibodies. In this study we aimed to evaluate the clinical and laboratory variables of ITP patients in southeast of Turkey.

Methods: In this retrospective study 167 ITP patients between 2005 and 2015 were evaluated.