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High prevalence of bleeders of unknown cause among patients with inherited mucocutaneous bleeding. A prospective study of 280 patients and 299 controls.
Haematologica - 1 Mar 2007
Quiroga Teresa, Goycoolea Manuela, Panes Olga, Aranda Eduardo, Martínez Carlos, Belmont Sabine, Muñoz Blanca, Zúñiga Pamela, Pereira Jaime, Mezzano Diego
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Mucocutaneous bleeding (MCB) is the main expression of inherited disorders of primary hemostasis. However, the relative prevalence of these disorders, their clinical differential diagnosis, and the proportion of patients with MCB of unknown cause (BUC) after an initial comprehensive laboratory testing are unknown. DESIGN AND METHODS: We studied prospectively 280 consecutive patients...
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