GAS5 and autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura: There are two types of ITP; Adult ITP and childhood ITP (Kühne et al., 2011), although, two separate studies have reported that levels of IFNG-AS1and GAS5 in peripheral blood of adult ITP patients (Li et al., 2016), (Li et al., 2020), the expressions of IFNG-AS1 and GAS5 in childhood ITP are still unknown.