gray platelet syndrome in four members of a palestinian Arab family

ABSTRACT

The first born female child of a consanguineous Palestinian couple suffered from a mild haemorrhagic tendency since childhood. After menarche at 11 years of age she experienced debilitating menorrhagia. It was only at 18 years of age that she was finally diagnosed to have Gray Platelet Syndrome. Subsequent to this it was discovered that three of her younger brothers also had the same syndrome. This is the first report of an Arab family with this disorder