A male patient with chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) did not fit into any of the known risk groups for chronic ITP. He was unique in that he manifested a cyclic increase of platelet counts each winter followed by a nadir in the summer, without having other hematologic abnormalities.
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