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ArticleJournal of investigative medicine high impact case reports

Inherited Thrombocytopenia Caused by Germline

Tariq Kewan, Ryan Noss, Lucy A Godley, Heesun J Rogers, Hetty E Carraway

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Article in Journal of investigative medicine high impact case reports. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 24% of its field
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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Genetic Predisposition to Hematologic Malignancies.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine · 2025
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  6. Familial thrombocytopenia: The long and short of it.The Journal of experimental medicine · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Tariq KewanHematology-Oncology Leukemia Program, Taussig Cancer Center, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Ryan NossHematology-Oncology Leukemia Program, Taussig Cancer Center, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Lucy A GodleyThe University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Heesun J RogersHematology-Oncology Leukemia Program, Taussig Cancer Center, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Hetty E CarrawayHematology-Oncology Leukemia Program, Taussig Cancer Center, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Cleveland Clinic · USUniversity of Chicago · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Thrombocytopenia 2 (THC2) is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by ankyrin repeat domain 26 mutation and moderate thrombocytopenia. THC2 exposes patients to a low risk of bleeding and an increased likelihood of myelodysplastic syndrome/acute myeloid leukemia. Germline evaluation for a genetic disorder should be considered when a patient presents with isolated thrombocytopenia and associated dysmegakaryopoiesis. In this case report, we present a male patient who presented with isolated thrombocytopenia but was ultimately confirmed to have an inherited THC2 thrombocytopenia/myelodysplastic syndrome. Given the rarity of the disease, no clear guidelines on how to follow THC2 patients over the long term have been established. We recommend a monthly complete blood count and clinical visits every 3 months at a minimum.

Indexed as

Chromosome BreakageChromosome DisordersGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGerm-Line MutationHumansIntercellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsMaleMiddle AgedMyelodysplastic SyndromesThrombocytopeniaANKRD26 protein, humanIntercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteinsacute leukemiaANKRD26germline mutationsmyelodysplastic syndromethrombocytopenia 2

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PMID32618208
PMCPMC7493274
OpenAlexW3038872666

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