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Glanzmann's Thrombasthenia

Background

Glanzmann's thrombasthenia (GT) is a rare genetic bleeding disorder affecting the small cell fragments in the blood called platelets. Platelets are important because after injury they are the first blood components to form the plug which stops bleeding (the haemostatic plug).

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Medical text (paediatric) written August 2001 by Dr RF Stevens, Consultant Haematologist/Oncologist, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Manchester, UK and (adult) November 2002 by Dr M Laffan. Last reviewed October 2005 by Dr M Laffan, Reader in Haemostasis and Thrombosis and Honorary Consultant in Haematology, Imperial College School of Medicine, London, UK.

 

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