Specific macrothrombocytopenia/hemolytic anemia associated with sitosterolemia

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 320-324

  Wang, Zhaoyue ^a   Cao, Lijuan ^a   Su, Yanhua ^a,b   Wang, Gaifeng ^a   Wang, Ruijuan ^a   Yu, Ziqiang ^a   Bai, Xia ^a   Ruan, Changgeng ^a  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER G5; ABC TRANSPORTER G8; PHYTOSTEROL; STEROL;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; CELL VACUOLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE SHAPE; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGY; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; LEUKOCYTE STRUCTURE; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITOSTEROLEMIA; SPLENOMEGALY; STORAGE DISEASE; THROMBOCYTE DISORDER; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; XANTHOMA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, CONGENITAL; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BLOOD PLATELETS; CELL SHAPE; CHOLESTEROL; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ERYTHROCYTES, ABNORMAL; EXONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INTESTINAL DISEASES; LIPID METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS; LIPOPROTEINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSMOTIC FRAGILITY; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; PHYTOSTEROLS; PREVALENCE; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VACUOLES; XANTHOMATOSIS;

EID: 84896813122     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: 10968652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.23619     Document Type: Article

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