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Genetic characterization of patients with Bernard-Soulier syndrome and their relatives from Southern Iran.
Platelets - 1 Sept 2007
Afrasiabi A, Lecchi A, Artoni A, Karimi M, Ashouri E, Peyvandi F, Mannucci P M
Abstract excerpt
Bernard-Soulier syndrome (BSS) is a rare recessively inherited bleeding disorder caused by the deficiency of the platelet glycoprotein (Gp) complex Ib/IX/V that is the von Willebrand factor receptor on platelets. In patients suffering from BSS platelet adhesion is typically impaired, while platelet aggregation is normal; macrothrombocytopenia is a common feature. In this study three different families from...
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