EBK HUMAN BIOLOGY
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Author: MCMILLAN
Publisher: Cengage Learning US
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Chapter 8, Problem 1CT
Thrombocytopenia (throm-bo-sye-tow-pee-ne-ah) is a disorder that develops when certain drugs, bone marrow cancer, or radiation destroys red bone marrow, including stem cells that give rise to platelets. Predict a likely symptom of this disorder.
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- Elsa’s pediatrician suspects that she has thalassemia. Which of the following statements is true of thalassemia? Thrombocytes tend to “stick together” and form blood clots. Thalassemia is always caused by diet and environmental factors, not genetic makeup. Thalassemia is also known as erythroblastic anemia and involves a reduced amount of hemoglobin in the blood. Thalassemia is a type of hemophilia and is often hereditary in females.arrow_forwardWhat is hairy cell leukaemia? ( in details) -mention the diagnosis through bone marrow biopsy and through morphology of cells ( WBC, RBC, PLT, HCT, HGB and MCV)arrow_forwardFill in the blank: Upon an injury, platelets adhere to _______________________ found in connective tissue.arrow_forward
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