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Thrombocytopenia appears to be linked to chromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome

Published in Hematology Week, November 10th, 2003

If patients have chromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome, it is likely they have thrombocytopenia.

"Thrombocytopenia is a common finding in patients with chromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome," investigators in the United States report.

"Patients with chromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (n=112) were analyzed along with 57 age-matched controls," wrote S. Lawrence and colleagues.

The researchers concluded: "Even after the exclusion of patients with idiopathic thrombocytopenia purpura, the mean platelet count was approximately 70% of the control population."

Lawrence and coauthors published their study in Journal...

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