Biochemical and molecular basis of Bernard-Soulier syndrome: a review.

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Bernard-Soulier syndrome (BSS) is a rare hereditary recessive autosomal bleeding disorder characterized by a prolonged bleeding time, giant platelets, thrombocytopenia, normal platelet aggregation in response to ADP and no agglutination in response to ristocetin. This disease is due to absence or abnormality of the platelet membrane glycoprotein GPIb-IX-V, the receptor for von Willebrand factor. All four genes...

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