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Glycoprotein Ib

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]


Glycoprotein Ib, abbreviated to GPIb is a component of the GPIb-V-IX complex on platelets. It is deficient in the Bernard-Soulier syndrome. A gain-of-function mutation causes platelet-type von Willebrand’s disease[1]

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References

  1. McPherson & Pincus: Henry’s Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods, 21st ed., pp. 760-2 (W.B. Saunders, 2006).

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