I am with an HMO and out of nuero options at the moment. Any insight on the matter would be appreciated.
Platelets probably play little if any role in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis.
Platelets covered with antibody are destroyed very rapidly in the spleen. This is the reason that the spleen is often removed as therapy for ITP that does not respond to treatment with prednisone or other therapy alone. However, most ITP follows rather non- specific viral infections or exposure to medications. In the latter instances it often occurs and when successfully treated does not spontaneously recur. The coexistence of ITP and MS would be most unusual.