| Literature DB >> 6822670 |
R R Montgomery, T J Kunicki, C Taves, D Pidard, M Corcoran.
Abstract
Two hereditary platelet disorders, Bernard-Soulier syndrome and Glanzmann's thrombasthenia, are characterized by selective deficiencies of platelet membrane glycoproteins. Murine monoclonal antibodies were developed against platelet membrane glycoprotein Ib and against the glycoprotein IIb/IIIa complex. A rapid whole blood assay for the deficiency of these glycoproteins was developed and used to study whole blood samples from six patients with Glanzmann's thrombasthenia and three patients with Bernard-Soulier syndrome. Patients with type I and type II Glanzmann's thrombasthenia were easily detectable with this assay. This permits the diagnosis of these disorders on 200 microliters of whole blood within 2 h of blood sampling.Entities:
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Year: 1983 PMID: 6822670 PMCID: PMC436878 DOI: 10.1172/jci110780
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Invest ISSN: 0021-9738 Impact factor: 14.808