PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Barrows, Elizabeth AU - Kraj, Barbara TI - Idiopathic Autoimmune Thrombocytopenia Purpura in a 12-year-old boy AID - 10.29074/ascls.23.4.201 DP - 2010 Oct 01 TA - American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science PG - 201--204 VI - 23 IP - 4 4099 - http://hwmaint.clsjournal.ascls.org/content/23/4/201.short 4100 - http://hwmaint.clsjournal.ascls.org/content/23/4/201.full SO - Clin Lab Sci2010 Oct 01; 23 AB - A 12 year old boy presented to the emergency room with chief complaints of nosebleed and petechiae on lower and upper extremities. The case was adopted for an assignment in a junior level Library Research and Case Studies Presentations course in a distance learning CLS curriculum. The study describes the patient's presentation and differential diagnosis based on laboratory results. The disease background is provided and treatment options are outlined.