Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome
One faulty protein leaves blood cells unable to change shape, and three unrelated-looking problems follow from that single defect.
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Alteplase is a clot dissolving medication given intravenously within a defined time window after a stroke, heart attack, or major clot in the lungs.
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A drug used to treat patients with immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) who do not get better with other forms of treatment.
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An anticoagulant reduces the blood's tendency to clot, used to prevent or treat dangerous clots in conditions such as atrial fibrillation and deep vein thrombosis.
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A mass of blood that forms when blood platelets, proteins, and cells stick together.
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A shortage of one or more blood cell types, given a different name depending on which line has run low.
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Eltrombopag is a medication that stimulates platelet production in the bone marrow to treat certain chronic low platelet conditions.
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Fondaparinux is a synthetic anticoagulant used to prevent and treat blood clots by blocking a specific clotting factor.
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Fast on, fast off and reversible with an antidote, which is why hospitals reach for it when clotting risk may change within hours.
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Idiopathic describes a disease or condition that arises spontaneously without an identifiable cause, despite thorough evaluation.
Read definitionmyeloproliferative disorder
These conditions are grouped by overproduction of blood cells, setting them apart from disorders in which the marrow instead fails to produce enough.
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A form of megakaryocyte growth and development factor (MGDF) that is made in the laboratory.
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A form of megakaryocyte growth and development factor (MGDF) that is made in the laboratory.
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The sodium salt of a mixture of oligomers formed by ether and ester linkages of up to eight porphyrin units with photodynamic activity.
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Promacta is a brand name for eltrombopag, an oral medication that stimulates platelet production to treat certain causes of low platelet counts.
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A form of tissue plasminogen activator that is made in the laboratory.
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A form of tissue plasminogen activator that is made in the laboratory.
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Romiplostim is an injectable medication that raises platelet counts in chronic immune thrombocytopenia by stimulating platelet production in the bone marrow.
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