Low COAT platelets are frequent in patients with bleeding disorders of unknown cause (BDUC) and can be enhanced by DDAVP

Affiliations

¹ Division of Hematology and Central Hematology Laboratory, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) and University of Lausanne (UNIL), Lausanne, Switzerland.
² Department of Clinical Chemistry, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern (UNIBE), Bern, Switzerland.

Amandine Segot et al. J Thromb Haemost. 2022 May.

. 2022 May;20(5):1271-1274.

doi: 10.1111/jth.15687. Epub 2022 Mar 13.

¹ Division of Hematology and Central Hematology Laboratory, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) and University of Lausanne (UNIL), Lausanne, Switzerland.
² Department of Clinical Chemistry, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern (UNIBE), Bern, Switzerland.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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