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Cannabinoid CB2 receptor gene (CNR2) polymorphism is associated with chronic childhood immune thrombocytopenia in Egypt.
Blood coagulation & fibrinolysis : an international journal in haemostasis and thrombosis - 1 Apr 2013
Mahmoud Gouda Heba, Mohamed Kamel Nermin R
Abstract excerpt
Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is a heterogeneous autoimmune disorder characterized by thrombocytopenia with or without mucocutaneous bleeding manifestations. ITP patients have significant defects in immune self-tolerance: autoreactive T-lymphocyte clones are capable of directly damaging platelets and possibly megakaryocytes and are likely to proliferate under the influence of Th lymphocytes. The CB2 receptor is...
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