....We report a family in which multiple members are affected with AA and with a hereditary thrombocytopenia, most consistent with pseudo–von Willebrand disease. This raises the possibility of a genetic association between AA and one or more of the inherited thrombocytopenias, possibly both related to mutations in genes on chromosome 17.
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
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