Assessment of immature platelet fraction in the diagnosis of Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome

Children with Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS) are often first diagnosed with immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), potentially leading to both inappropriate treatment and the delay of life-saving definitive therapy. WAS is traditionally differentiated from ITP based on the small size of WAS platelets. In pr...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Pediatrics
Main Authors:	Robert eSokolic, Neal eOden, Fabio eCandotti
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-06-01
Subjects:	Thrombocytopenia Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome differential diagnosis Immune thrombocytopenic purpura Immature platelet fraction
Online Access:	http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fped.2015.00049/full