Article
Platelet storage pool deficiency, leukemia, and myelodysplastic syndromes.
Leukemia & lymphoma - 1 Nov 1992
Gerrard J M, McNicol A
Abstract excerpt
Abnormalities in platelet dense granules, small intracellular organelles containing ATP, ADP, calcium, serotonin, and pyrophosphate, have frequently been reported in patients with leukemia and myeloproliferative disorders, particularly acute and chronic myelogenous leukemia. Recent studies of a family which includes several members with an autosomal dominant dense granule deficiency condition show an association...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Blood Platelets
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Chromosome Aberrations
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7
- Cytoplasmic Granules
- Female
- Genes, Dominant
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
