Platelet aggregation in Waldenström's macroglobulinaemia.
The morphology of coagula obtained in the cone in cone viscometer is studied in two cases of Waldenström's macroglobulinaemia. Whereas the structures obtained in normal individuals have the features of in vivo thrombosis, the platelet masses usually obtained are not present in the two patients studied. t is postulated that disturbance of platelet aggregation as demonstrated may account for the bleeding diathesis in some cases of Waldenström's macroglobulinaemia.
Rozenberg
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Clinical Research Unit, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, New South Wales, Australia.
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D001760:Bleeding Time; D001777:Blood Coagulation; D006400:Hematocrit; D006801:Humans; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D010314:Partial Thromboplastin Time; D010974:Platelet Aggregation / Q000502:physiology*; D010976:Platelet Count; D011517:Prothrombin Time; D008258:Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia / Q000097:blood* / Q000473:pathology