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Biochemical and molecular basis of Glanzmann's thrombasthenia.
Haematologica - 1 Jan 2000
Perutelli P, Mori P G
Abstract excerpt
Glanzmann's thrombasthenia is a rare autosomal recessive bleeding disorder characterized by a quantitative deficiency or a functional abnormality of the major platelet membrane integrin receptor: the glycoprotein (GP) IIb/IIIa complex. The GPIIb/IIIa complex functions as a platelet receptor for fibrinogen, von Willebrand factor, fibronectin and vitronectin; therefore it plays an important role in platelet...
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