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Thrombocytopenia Due to Immune Destruction
A general class of thrombocytopenia due to immune destruction of platelets. It includes idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, as well as immune destruction-related thrombocytopenias due to other reasons (e.g., AIDS, transfusion, lupus erythematosus). (NCI Thesaurus)
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