Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. Vol.12, No.4 (1981), 556-560
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P. Winichagoon, S. Fucharoen, P. Wasi Increased circulating platelet aggregates in thalassaemia. Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. Vol.12, No.4 (1981), 556-560. Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/30215
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Increased circulating platelet aggregates in thalassaemia
Examination for circulating platelet aggregates according to Wu and Hoak revealed increased circulating platelet aggregates in 71% of splenectomized and 35% of nonsplenectomized patients with β°-thalassaemia/Hb E disease. This may be causally related to the newly observed high incidences of pulmonary artery thrombosis and hypoxaemia in splenectomized thalassaemic patients. It is recommended that anti-platelet aggregation drugs such as aspirin and/or dipyridamole are given to thalassaemic patients after splenectomy.
