Agranular platelets as a cardinal feature of ARC syndrome

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 253-258

  Kim, Seong Min ^a   Chang, Hye Kyung ^b   Song, Jae Woo ^a   Koh, Hong ^a   Han, Seok Joo ^b  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

A granule; ARC syndrome; Cholestasis; Gray platelet; VPS 33B

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BICARBONATE; BILIRUBIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LEVOTHYROXINE; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGRANULAR THROMBOCYTE; ARTHROGRYPOSIS; ARTHROGRYPOSIS RENAL DYSFUNCTION AND CHOLESTASIS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; BLOOD SMEAR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHILD; CHOLESTASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; ICHTHYOSIS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; KIDNEY TUBULE ACIDOSIS; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; NEPHROGENIC DIABETES INSIPIDUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PEROPERATIVE CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; PORTOENTEROSTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDROME; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE STRUCTURE; KIDNEY DISEASE; NEWBORN; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE DISORDER; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ARTHROGRYPOSIS; BLOOD PLATELET DISORDERS; BLOOD PLATELETS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLESTASIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; SYNDROME;

EID: 77952764560     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: 15363678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e3181c3a8d0     Document Type: Article

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