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Macrothrombocytopenia/stomatocytosis specially associated with phytosterolemia.
Clinical and applied thrombosis/hemostasis : official journal of the International Academy of Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis - 1 Nov 2012
Wang Gaifeng, Cao Lijuan, Wang Zhaoyue, Jiang Minghua, Sun Xionghua, Bai Xia, Ruan Changgeng
Abstract excerpt
Phytosterolemia is a rare autosomal recessive disease of plant sterol metabolism, the pathophysiological features of which are high plasma levels of plant sterols and xanthomatosis caused by mutations of ABCG5 and ABCG8 genes, and the combination of hemolysis and macrothrombocytopenia is an unusual clinical manifestation. All the patients of the 3 unrelated phytosterolemia first presented with prominent...
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