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thrombocytémie [1 record]

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Record 1 2014-04-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Blood
CONT

The term "thrombocythemia" is preferred when the cause of a high platelet count isn't known. ... This condition occurs if faulty cells in the bone marrow make too many platelets. ... When another disease or condition causes a high platelet count, the term "thrombocytosis" is preferred.

OBS

thrombocythemia: term recommended by the Medical Signs and Symptoms Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Sang
DEF

Affection caractérisée par une augmentation importante, supérieure en général à 800 000 par millimètre cube, et le plus souvent permanente, du nombre des plaquettes sanguines, et qui n'a aucune cause pathologique déterminée.

Spanish

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