Glanzmann thrombasthenia with endomyocardial fibrosis: A thrombotic paradox

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 401-402

  Tullu, Milind S ^a   Vaideeswar, Pradeep ^a   Pandit, Shobhana P ^a   Lahiri, Keya R ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Endomyocardial fibrosis; Platelets; Thrombasthenia; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPISTAXIS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GLANZMANN DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART VENTRICLE THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PETECHIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLEEDING; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION;

CHILD; CONSANGUINITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOMYOCARDIAL FIBROSIS; FATAL OUTCOME; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; THROMBASTHENIA; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 33845201642     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2005.11.094     Document Type: Article

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