Benign familial thrombocytosis |
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| Authors: | E C Williams N T Shahidi |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706. |
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| Abstract: | A 13-year-old girl was found to have a platelet count in excess of 4 million/microliters while being evaluated for a minor bleeding episode. Her father and two sisters also had thrombocytosis. All four affected patients were asymptomatic and had no clinical or laboratory evidence of a myeloproliferative disorder other than an elevated platelet count. This represents the second reported instance of benign familial thrombocytosis. |
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| Keywords: | thrombocytosis thrombocythemia myeloproliferative disorder |
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