Inherited thrombocytopenias: An approach to diagnosis and management

International Journal of Laboratory Hematology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 14-25

  Geddis, A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital platelet disorder; Hematopoiesis; Megakaryocyte; Thrombocytopenia; Thrombopoietin

Indexed keywords

ANKRD26 PROTEIN; FLI1 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BERNARD SOULIER DISEASE; CONGENITAL AMEGAKARYOCYTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FAMILY COUNSELING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GRAY PLATELET SYNDROME; HUMAN; INHERITED THROMBOCYTOPENIA; JACOBSEN SYNDROME; MEGAKARYOPOIESIS; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNOSTOSIS; THROMBOCYTE DISORDER; THROMBOCYTE STRUCTURE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOCYTOPOIESIS; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE; WISKOTT ALDRICH SYNDROME;

BLOOD PLATELET DISORDERS; HUMANS; MEGAKARYOCYTES; RADIUS; SYNOSTOSIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOPOIESIS; ULNA; UPPER EXTREMITY DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE, TYPE 2;

EID: 84872275085     PISSN: 17515521     EISSN: 1751553X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-553X.2012.01454.x     Document Type: Review

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