Familial thrombocytosis
ORPHA:71493· ICD-10 D68.8
Definition
Familial thrombocytosis is a type of thrombocytosis, a sustained elevation of platelet numbers, which affects the platelet/megakaryocyte lineage and may create a tendency for thrombosis and hemorrhage but does not cause myeloproliferation.
- Prevalence
- <1 / 1 000 000
- Inheritance
- Autosomal dominant, X-linked recessive
- Age of onset
- Childhood