Macrothrombocytopaenia: More to Fear Than Just Low Platelet Count

Georges-Etienne Rivard^{1

2}, Clémence Merlen², Alexandre Rouette³, Natalie Mathews^{1

2}, Arnaud Bonnefoy^{1

3}, Tiago Nava¹, Line Leduc⁴, Anne-Marie Laberge^{2

5}, Vincent-Philippe Lavallée^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, CHU Sainte-Justine and Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
² Centre de Recherche Azrieli du CHU Sainte-Justine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
³ Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, OPTILAB Montreal, CHU Sainte-Justine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
⁴ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, CHU Sainte-Justine and Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
⁵ Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, CHU Sainte-Justine and Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Georges-Etienne Rivard et al. Haemophilia. 2025 Sep.

. 2025 Sep;31(5):1141-1144.

doi: 10.1111/hae.70086. Epub 2025 Jul 8.

¹ Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, CHU Sainte-Justine and Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
² Centre de Recherche Azrieli du CHU Sainte-Justine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
³ Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, OPTILAB Montreal, CHU Sainte-Justine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
⁴ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, CHU Sainte-Justine and Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
⁵ Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, CHU Sainte-Justine and Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

No abstract available

Keywords: ABCG5; macrothrombocytopaenia; phytosterols; sitosterolaemia; stomatocyte; thrombocytopenia.

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