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- noun medicine An
abnormality ofplatelets .
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- noun a rare autosomal recessive disease in which the platelets do not produce clots in the normal way and hemorrhage results
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The authors noted that this was the "first description of nasal packing with strips of cured pork for treatment of life-threatening hemorrhage in a patient with Glanzmann thrombasthenia," aka chronic nosebleeds.
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In 2009, correct responses were seen on light transmission aggregometry for 100% of cases of Glanzmann thrombasthenia and 95% of thromboxane generation defects.
MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians 2010
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In 2009, correct responses were seen on light transmission aggregometry for 100% of cases of Glanzmann thrombasthenia and 95% of thromboxane generation defects.
MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians 2010
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