Interesting scientific article

PubMed, the internet portal of biomedical and life sciences literature, indexed a new interesting article, entitled “Qualitative disorders of platelets and megakaryocytes“ (J Thromb Haemost. 2005 Aug;3(8):1773-82; PMID: 16102044). Author of the article is Nurden AT from the Institut Federatif de Recherche N 4, CHU Bordeaux, Pessac, France. He discusses the fact, that qualitative disorders of platelet function and production form a large group of rare diseases which cover a multitude of genetic defects that by and large have as a common symptom, excessive mucocutaneous bleeding. To access the abstract, click here.