Identifying the characteristics, natural behavioral pattern, and response to therapy in ITP in a multi-center population in Sri Lanka.

Objective: To describe some selected characteristics of immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) such as presentation, the disease pattern, treatment options, and response to therapy and side effects to common therapeutic options.

Methods: A group of 72 patients diagnosed as ITP were studied over a period of 5 years in two main centers in Sri Lanka. Characteristics of the disease such as presentation, the disease pattern, treatment options, and response to therapy and side effects to common therapeutic options were studied.