Alport’s Syndrome Associated with Macrothrombopathic Thrombocytopenia
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- 1 July 1979
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in American Journal of Clinical Pathology
- Vol. 72 (1) , 111-117
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcp/72.1.111
Abstract
The combined occurrence of hereditary nephritis with nerve deafness (Alport’s syndrome) and macrothrombocytopathic thrombocytopenia is very rare. The authors have had the opportunity to study such a case in a 20-year-old man who had been followed since birth. The clinical history, renal biopsy, platelet studies, and autopsy findings are presented. The renal pathologic findings are well defined; however, the hemostatic abnormalities and the hearing loss are not well characterized. In this paper, an attempt is made to clarify the diverse platelet functional and morphologic abnormalities.Keywords
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