Decreased platelet survival

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• Synonyms

  • Shortened platelet lifetime
  • Increased platelet destruction

• Causes

  • Antiplatelet antibody
  • Alloimmune thrombocyte destruction
  • Prosthetic cardiac valve
  • Microangiopathic haemolytic anaemia
  • Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense
  • Sitosterolaemia
  • Plasmodium falciparum
  • Plasmodium vivax

• Effects

  • Thrombocytopenia
  • Megathrombocytosis