Glanzmann's thrombasthenia natural history, complications and prognosis

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

Overview

Common complications of include sever fatal bleeding following major surgeries , labor and delivery. 84% of patients with Glanzmann's thrombasthenia require at least once in their life red blood cell transfusion. The episodes of severe spontaneous hemorrhage is reduced with age. Patients with Glanzmann's thrombasthenia, even the individuals of the same family and ethnicity manifest diverse bleeding frequency tendency and severity and even within the same family or ethnic group. In patients with Glanzmann's thrombasthenia, the quality of life of is influenced by several mucocutaneous hemorrhages and heavy bleeding in various conditions such as menstruation, trauma and surgery .A considerable complication of Glanzmann's thrombasthenia is iron deficiency anemia. Prognosis is generally excellent with good supportive care and the mortality rate of patients with Glanzmann's thrombasthenia is relatively low.

Natural History, Complications and Prognosis

Natural history, Complications and Prognosis comprises: [1][2][3][4]

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  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Nurden AT (April 2006). "Glanzmann thrombasthenia". Orphanet J Rare Dis. 1: 10. doi:10.1186/1750-1172-1-10. PMC 1475837. PMID 16722529.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Phillips DR, Agin PP (September 1977). "Platelet membrane defects in Glanzmann's thrombasthenia. Evidence for decreased amounts of two major glycoproteins". J. Clin. Invest. 60 (3): 535–45. doi:10.1172/JCI108805. PMC 372398. PMID 70433.
  4. 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.