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2B or not to be--the 45-year saga of the Montreal Platelet Syndrome.
Thrombosis and haemostasis - 1 Nov 2010
Poon Man-Chiu, Rand Margaret L, Jackson Shannon C
Abstract excerpt
Over 45 years ago, Montreal Platelet Syndrome was first described as a rare inherited platelet disorder characterised by macrothrombocytopenia with spontaneous platelet clumping, abnormal platelet shape change upon stimulation and a defect in platelet calpain. This syndrome has now been reclassified as type 2B von Willebrand disease with the V1316M VWF mutation in the only kindred ever reported. We herein revisit...
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