210
Views
15
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original

Alpha–delta platelet storage pool deficiency in three generations

, , &
Pages 1-10 | Received 09 Mar 2006, Accepted 19 Apr 2006, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

References

  • Raccuglia G. Gray platelet syndrome: A variety of qualitative platelet disorders. Am J Med 1971; 51: 818–828
  • White JG. Ultrastructural studies of the gray platelet syndrome. Am J Pathol 1979; 95: 445–462
  • Gerrard JM, Phillips DR, Rao GH, Plow EF, Walz DA, Ross R, Harker LA, White JG. Biochemical studies of two patients with the gray platelet syndrome. Selective deficiency of platelet alpha granules. J Clin Invest 1980; 66: 102–109
  • Breton-Gorius J, Vainchenker W, Nurden A, Levy-Toledano S, Caen J. Defective α-granule production in megakaryocytes from gray platelet syndrome. Am J Pathol 1981; 102: 10–19
  • Cramer EM, Vainchenker W, Vinci G, Guichard J, Breton-Gorius J. Gray platelet syndrome: Immunoelectron microscopic localization of fibrinogen and von Willebrand factor in platelets and megakaryocytes. Blood 1985; 55: 1309–1316
  • Hermansky F, Pudlak P. Albinism associated with hemorrhagic diathesis and unusual pigmented reticular cells in the bone marrow: Report of two cases with histochemical studies. Blood 1959; 14: 162–169
  • Witkop CJ, Babcok MN, Rao GHR, Gaudier F, Summers CG, Shanahan F, Harmon KR, Townsend D, Sedano HO, King RA, et al. Albinism and Hermansky–Pudlak syndrome in Puerto Rico. Bol Asoc Med P Rico 1990; 82: 333–339
  • Weiss HJ, Witte LD, Kaplan KL, Loges BA, Chernoff A, Nossel HL, Goodman DS, Baumgartner HR. Heterogeneity in storage pool deficiency: Studies on granule-bound substances in 18 patients including variants deficient in α-granules, platelet factor 4, β-thromboglobulin, and platelet-derived growth factor. Blood 1979; 54: 1296–1318
  • Weiss HJ, Lages B, Vicic W, Tsung LY, White JG. Heterogeneous abnormalities of platelet dense granule ultrastructure in 20 patients with congenital storage pool deficiency. Br J Haematol 1993; 83: 282–295
  • Pujol-Moix N, Hermandey A, Escolar G, Espanol I, Martinez-Brotons F, Maleo J. Platelet ultrastructural morphometry for diagnosis of partial δ-storage pool disease in patients with mild platelet dysfunction and/or thrombocytopenia of unknown origin. A study of 24 cases. Haematologica 2000; 85: 619–626
  • Biddle DA, Neto TG, Nguen AND. Platelet storage pool deficiency of α and δ granules. Arch Pathol Lab Med 2001; 125: 1125–1126
  • White JG. Interaction of membrane systems in blood platelets. Am J Pathol 1972; 66: 295–312
  • White JG. The morphology of platelet function. Methods in hematology, Harker LA, Zimmerman TS. Churchill-Livingstone, New York 1983; 1–25
  • Witkop CJ, Krumwiede M, Sedano HO, White JG. Reliability of absent platelet dense bodies as a diagnostic criterion for Hermansky–Pudlak syndrome. Am J Hematol 1987; 26: 305–311
  • Graham RC, Karnovsky MJ. The early stages of absorption of injected horseradish perozidase in the proximal tubules of mouse kidney: Ultrastructural cytochemistry by a new technique. J Histochem Cytochem 1966; 14: 291–302
  • White JG, Clawson CC. The surface-connected canalicular system of blood platelets – a fenestrated membrane system. Am J Pathol 1980; 101: 353–364
  • Somlyo AV. Bridging structures spanning the junctional gap at the triad of skeletal muscle. J Cell Biol 1979; 80: 743
  • White JG, Brunning RD. Neutrophils in the gray platelet syndrome. Platelets 2004; 15: 333–340
  • White JG. Giant platelet disorders. Hematologica 2002; 87: 85–89
  • White JG. Use of the electron microscope for diagnosis of platelet disorders. Semin Thromb Hemost 1998; 24: 163–168
  • White JG. Platelet sturcutre. Platelets. 2nd ed., A Michelson, (In Press)
  • White JG, Key NS, King RA, Vercellotti GM. The white platelet syndrome: A new autosomal dominant platelet disorder. 1. Structural abnormalities. Platelets 2004; 15: 173–184
  • White JG, Kumar A, Hogan MJ. Gray Platelet Syndrome in a Somalian family. Platelets, (In Press)
  • White JG. Localization of a lysosomal enzyme in platelets from patients with the white Platelet Syndrome. Platelets, (In Press)
  • Bentfield-Barker ME, Bainton DF. Identification of primary lysosomes in human megakaryocytes and platelets. Blood 1982; 59: 472–481

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.