Giant platelets with abnormal surface glycoproteins: A new familial disorder associated with mitral valve insufficiency

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 69-73

  Becker, Pamela S ^a   Clavell, Luis A ^c   Beardsley, Diana S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c San Jorge Children's Hospital   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Integrins; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING DISORDER; BLEEDING TIME; CASE REPORT; CELL SIZE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDROME DELINEATION; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE AGGLUTINATION; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOCYTOPATHY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

BERNARD-SOULIER SYNDROME; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; PLATELET MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 0031910488     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043426-199801000-00011     Document Type: Article

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