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Platelet-Type Bleeding Disorder 18
A blood platelet disease characterized by autosomal recessive inheritance of mucocutaneous bleeding, prolonged and severe epistaxis, hematomas and bleeding after tooth extraction that is caused by homozygous mutation in
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Overview
A blood platelet disease characterized by autosomal recessive inheritance of mucocutaneous bleeding, prolonged and severe epistaxis, hematomas and bleeding after tooth extraction that is caused by homozygous mutation in
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