Letter A

Acute thrombocytopenic purpura

The sudden onset of low blood platelet levels with bleeding into the skin and elsewhere.

Acute thrombocytopenic purpura (ATP) can be due to many causes.

It may, for example, constitute a potentially serious complication during the acute phase of measles

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