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A 69-Year-Old Man with Long-standing Thrombocytopenia

Author(s) -

Martin Ehrenschwender,

Juergen Koessler

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

clinical chemistry

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.705

H-Index - 218

eISSN - 1530-8561

pISSN - 0009-9147

DOI - 10.1373/clinchem.2011.176826

Subject(s) - medicine , microcytic anemia , platelet , anemia , hemoglobin , purpura (gastropod) , pediatrics , gastroenterology , ecology , biology

A 69-year-old man presented with a long-standing thrombocytopenia and microcytic anemia. The automated platelet count was 67 × 103/μL (reference interval, 150–450 × 103/μL); therefore, EDTA-dependent pseudothrombocytopenia was excluded. The hemoglobin concentration was 10.5 g/dL (reference interval, 14–18 g/dL). The patient denied having petechiae and reported no excessive bleeding in daily life. The patient had no …

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