Article
[Congenital thrombocytopenia in adults].
Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde - 1 Jan 2011
van Zweeden Annette, Bot Pieter, Smets Yves, Terpstra Wim
Abstract excerpt
Thrombocytopenia in adult patients is usually acquired. Important causes are medication, pregnancy, infections and auto-immune disorders. Here we present 2 patients, a 32-year-old and a 45-year-old man, in whom congenital thrombocytopenia was discovered in adulthood, caused by a mutation in the gene for Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome. This congenital thrombocytopenia appears in different forms. Indications for the...
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