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Glanzmann thrombasthenia – presenting as prolonged severe bleeding following minor trauma
Authors:
RN Morawakkorala ,
Registrar in paediatrics, LK
AMRD Senarathana,
Registrar in paediatrics, LK
ACD de Alwis,
Consultant Paediatrician, 3Consultant Haematalogist, General Hospital Ratnapura, LK
V Rathnamalala
Consultant Paediatrician, 3Consultant Haematalogist, General Hospital Ratnapura, LK
Abstract
Glanzmann thrombasthenia (GT) is an inherited
haemorrhagic disorder characterized by a severe
reduction in, or absence of, platelet aggregation in
response to multiple agonists due to qualitative or
quantitative abnormalities of platelet glycoprotein
(GP) 11b and/or 111a. Glanzmann, a Swiss
paediatrician, described a group of patients with
haemorrhagic symptoms especially of nasopharynx in
1918.
Key words: Glanzmann thrombasthenia
DOI = 10.4038/sljch.v35i1.8
Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health, 2006; 35: 36-7
How to Cite:
Morawakkorala, R., Senarathana, A., de Alwis, A. and Rathnamalala, V., 2008. Glanzmann thrombasthenia – presenting as prolonged severe bleeding following minor trauma. Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health, 35(1), pp.36–37. DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/sljch.v35i1.8
Published on
23 Sep 2008.
Peer Reviewed
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