Epidemiology
- 40% of cases affect children less than 10 years old
- in childhood disease males and females affected equally
- in childhood disease the onset is typically abrupt, with severe thrombocytopaenia, and spontaneous remission occurring in 80% of cases
- in adult disease, females affected more often than males; 70% of these women are less than 40 years old
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