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platelet-type bleeding disorder 20

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A blood platelet disease characterized by autosomal dominant inheritance of increased bleeding tendency, thrombocytopenia, decreased platelet dense granules and ATP secretion, and impaired megakaryocyte maturation that has_material_basis_in heterozygous mutati

A blood platelet disease characterized by autosomal dominant inheritance of increased bleeding tendency, thrombocytopenia, decreased platelet dense granules and ATP secretion, and impaired megakaryocyte maturation that has_material_basis_in heterozygous mutation in the SLFN14 gene on chromosome 17q12.

Signs and symptoms

  • Thrombocytopenia
  • Menorrhagia
  • Bruising susceptibility
  • Epistaxis

Also known as: BDPLT20; autosomal dominant thrombocytopenia with platelet secretion defect