[Clinical evolution of 31 adult patients with immune thrombocytopenia treated with rituximab].

Background: Primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is an autoimmune disease that could cause different grades of bleeding, which could even threat the patients' life or make them experience poor quality of life. ITP can be treated with rituximab either as a first or second-line therapy option, resulting in an overall response of 60%. The best results have been observed on young women with a short time of disease evolution.