Thrombocytopenia in cirrhotic patients has been reported to have a remarkable homology with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura as the reticulated platelet proportion (proportion of young platelets) and glycocalicin index (marker of platelet production) were significantly higher in both diseases as compared with healthy controls (Witters et al. 2008; Kajihara et al. 2003; Kajihara et al. 2007). Here, GP1BA is linked to thrombocytopenic purpura.