Bone marrow transplantation for Glanzmann's thrombasthenia.

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Bone marrow transplantation for Glanzmann's thrombasthenia.

Bone marrow transplantation - 1 Jul 1994

Johnson A, Goodall A H, Downie C J, Vellodi A, Michael D P

Abstract excerpt

Allogeneic matched bone marrow transplantation (BMT) was performed in a patient with type I Glanzmann's thrombasthenia, a rare, inherited bleeding disorder caused by a deficiency in the platelet membrane glycoprotein IIb-IIIa complex. The patient was a 2-year-old girl with a history of frequent h...

Topics

Blood Platelets
Bone Marrow Transplantation
Child, Preschool
Female
Heterozygote
Homozygote
Humans
Phenotype
Platelet Membrane Glycoproteins
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
Thrombasthenia
Tissue Donors
Transplantation, Homologous

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