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Glanzmann's thrombasthenia risk factors

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Omer Kamal, M.D.[2]

Overview

The most potent risk factor in the heritable Glanzmann’s thrombasthenia is consanguineous marriage. Autoantibodies production cause of acquired Glanzmann thrombasthenia.

Risk Factors

Common risk factors that increase autoantibodies production in acquired Glanzmann thrombasthenia include:

  1. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia
  2. Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
  3. Multiple myeloma
  4. Hairy cell leukemia
  5. Myelodysplastic syndrome
  6. Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP)

References

  1. Nurden AT (April 2006). “Glanzmann thrombasthenia”. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 1: 10. doi:10.1186/1750-1172-1-10. PMC 1475837. PMID 16722529.
  2. Blickstein D, Dardik R, Rosenthal E, Lahav J, Molad Y, Inbal A (2014). “Acquired thrombasthenia due to inhibitory effect of glycoprotein IIbIIIa autoantibodies”. Isr Med Assoc J. 16 (5): 307–10. PMID 24979837.
  3. Solh T, Botsford A, Solh M (2015). “Glanzmann’s thrombasthenia: pathogenesis, diagnosis, and current and emerging treatment options”. J Blood Med. 6: 219–27. doi:10.2147/JBM.S71319. PMC 4501245. PMID 26185478.

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