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Perioperative management of MYH9 hereditary macrothrombocytopenia (Fechtner syndrome)

Kathleen Selleng, Lena E. Lubenow, Andreas Greinacher, Theodore E. Warkentin

European Journal Of Haematology · 2007 · 18 citations · 16 references

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Abstract

MYH9-related hereditary macrothrombocytopenia does not necessarily protect against postoperative venous thromboembolism, and affected patients who do not evince bleeding diathesis should be considered for routine postoperative pharmacologic thromboprophylaxis.

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Mutations in MYH9 result in the May-Hegglin anomaly, and Fechtner and Sebastian syndromes

The May-Hegglin Fechtner Syndrome Consortium · Nature Genetics · 2000 · 440 citations

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Marco Seri, Alessandro Pecci, Filomena Di Bari et al. · Medicine · 2003 · 307 citations · Full text

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Nonmuscle Myosin Heavy Chain IIA Mutations Define a Spectrum of Autosomal Dominant Macrothrombocytopenias: May-Hegglin Anomaly and Fechtner, Sebastian, Epstein, and Alport-Like Syndromes

Karen E. Heath, Ángel Campos‐Barros, Amos Toren et al. · The American Journal of Human Genetics · 2001 · 297 citations · Full text

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Mutations in the NMMHC-A gene cause autosomal dominant macrothrombocytopenia with leukocyte inclusions (May-Hegglin anomaly/Sebastian syndrome)

Shinji Kunishima · Blood · 2001 · 132 citations

Identification of six novel MYH9 mutations and genotype–phenotype relationships in autosomal dominant macrothrombocytopenia with leukocyte inclusions

Shinji Kunishima, Tadashi Matsushita, Toshiya Kojima et al. · Journal of Human Genetics · 2001 · 117 citations · Full text

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