Table 1.

Clinical characteristics and responses of ITP patients

			Platelet counts(×109/L)
Patient no.	Sex/Age	Bleeding symptoms	Before	After(one month)
1	F/59	PT,GUH,GH	6	141
2	M/63	PT,EC	11	180
3	F/46	EC,GH	10	21
4	F/39	EP	8	124
5	M/18	EC,EP	16	158
6	F/21	PT,EC,GH	17	137
7	F/37	PT,GUH	14	145
8	M/23	EC,EP	14	54
9	F/24	PT	7	139
10	F/48	EC,EP	2	77
11	M/37	EC	12	109
12	F/49	GH	5	242
13	M/29	PT	8	26
14	F/45	PT,EP	11	190
15	F/29	PT,EP	4	198
16	M/56	PT,GH	8	186
17	F/42	EC,EP,GH	15	231
18	M/29	PT,EC	19	43
19	F/44	PT,GH	7	104
20	M/19	PT	17	74
21	M/38	EC,GH	6	16
22	F/21	EC,GUH	10	136
23	F/39	PT,EC	15	28
24	F/59	EC,GUH,GH	5	149
25	F/23	PT,EC,GH	18	85
26	F/47	PT,GUH	10	201
27	M/31	EC,EP	2	132
28	F/65	PT	4	174
Median/mean			10.04b	125

^ap < 0.01 ITP before treatment vs. normal control.

^bp < 0.01 ITP one month after treatment vs. before treatment.

Abbreviations: PT = petechiae, EC = ecchymoses, EP = epistaxis, GUH = genitourinary hemorrhage,GH = gingival hemorrhage.