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[Congenital amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia (CAMT) - a defect of the thrombopoietin receptor c-Mpl].
Klinische Padiatrie - 1 Jan 2000
Germeshausen M, Schulze H, Gaudig A, Krukemeier S, Strauss G, Welte K, Ballmaier M
Abstract excerpt
Congenital amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia (CAMT) is a very rare bone marrow failure syndrome presenting with isolated hypomegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia at birth developing into a pancytopenia during the first years of life. Bone marrow transplantation is the only curative therapy for this disease so far. Thrombopoietin (TPO) is the most important hematopoietic growth factor for the regulation of...
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