Glanzmann's thrombasthenia overview

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

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Glanzmann's thrombasthenia is an extremely rare disorder of the blood, in which the platelets lack glycoprotein IIb/IIIa. Hence, no fibrinogen bridging can occur, and bleeding time is significantly prolonged.