Evans syndrome epidemiology and demographics

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ammu Susheela, M.D. [2]

The incidence of Evan’s Syndrome is not precisely known. Evan’s Syndrome affects male and female equally. Evan’s Syndrome is a rare disease that tends to affect children.

• The incidence of Evan’s Syndrome is not precisely known. The syndrome is reported to be a complication affecting 4-10% of those individuals with a particular type of thrombocytopenia known as idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura.^[1]

• The syndrome is more prevalent in children than in adults.

• Males and females are affected equally by Evans syndrome.