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Glanzmann's thrombasthenia en · NOUN

Etymology

Named after Eduard Glanzmann (1887-1959), the Swiss pediatrician who originally described it.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) A rare coagulopathy in which the blood platelets contain defective or low levels of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa (GpIIb/IIIa), which is a receptor for fibrinogen.