- Bernard-Soulier syndrome
Infobox_Disease
Name = Bernard-Soulier syndrome
Caption =
DiseasesDB = 1356
ICD10 = ICD10|D|69|1|d|65
ICD9 = ICD9|287.1
ICDO =
OMIM = 231200
MedlinePlus =
eMedicineSubj = ped
eMedicineTopic = 230
MeshID = D001606Bernard-Soulier syndrome (BSS), also called hemorrhagiparous thrombocytic dystrophy,cite journal |author=Lanza F |title=Bernard-Soulier syndrome (hemorrhagiparous thrombocytic dystrophy) |journal=Orphanet J Rare Dis. |volume=16 |issue=1 |pages=46 |year=2006 |pmid=17109744 ] is an
autosomal recessive bleeding disorder that causes a deficiency of "glycoprotein Ib" (GpIb), the receptor forvon Willebrand factor which is important in clot formation.Presentation
It presents as a bleeding disorder due to the inability of platelets to bind and aggregate at sites of vascular endothelial injury. cite journal |author=Pham A, Wang J |title=Bernard-Soulier syndrome: an inherited platelet disorder |journal=Arch. Pathol. Lab. Med. |volume=131 |issue=12 |pages=1834–6 |year=2007 |pmid=18081445 |doi= |url=http://journals.allenpress.com/jrnlserv/?request=get-abstract&issn=0003-9985&volume=131&page=1834 |format=subscription required]
Eponym
The syndrome is named after Dr. Jean Bernard and
Jean Pierre Soulier . [WhoNamedIt|synd|2075] [cite journal |author=Bernard J, Soulier JP |title= [Sur une nouvelle variété de dystrophie thrombocytaire hémorragipare congénitale] |language=French |journal=Semaine des hôpitaux de Paris |volume=24 |issue= |pages=3217–23 |year=1948 |month=Dec |pmid=18116504 |doi= |url=]Genetics
There are three forms: [OMIM|231200|GIANT PLATELET SYNDROME]
* Type A -
GP1BA
* Type B -GP1BB
* Type C - GP9References
External links
* http://www.bernardsoulier.org/
* http://www.B-SS.org
*cite journal |author=De Marco L, Mazzucato M, Fabris F, "et al" |title=Variant Bernard-Soulier syndrome type bolzano. A congenital bleeding disorder due to a structural and functional abnormality of the platelet glycoprotein Ib-IX complex |journal=J. Clin. Invest. |volume=86 |issue=1 |pages=25–31 |year=1990 |month=Jul |pmid=1694864 |pmc=296685 |doi=10.1172/JCI114692 |url=
*RareDiseases|2470|Giant platelet syndrome; Bernard-Soulier syndrome; Deficiency of Platelet glycoprotein 1bee also
*
Gray platelet syndrome
*Glanzmann's thrombasthenia
*von Willebrand disease
*May-Hegglin anomaly
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