Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the patients with ITP

From: Inactivation of Notch signaling reverses the Th17/Treg imbalance in cells from patients with immune thrombocytopenia

Patient characteristics

No. of patients (male/female ratio)

38 (18/20)

Median age at diagnosis in years (range)

43 (13–74)

Median platelet count at diagnosis (range) ( × 109/l)

20 (1–87)

Severe thrombocytopenia (no./case)

12/38

Treatment (no./case)

 Prednisolone

28/38

 Immunosuppressive agent

7/38

 Splenectomy

0/38

  1. Abbreviation: ITP, immune thrombocytopenia.
  2. Severe thrombocytopenia is defined as thrombocytopenia (platelet count <10 × 109/l) at the time of collecting venous peripheral blood of ITP patients.
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