Table 1

Clinical and laboratory characteristics of 23 Hermansky–Pudlak syndrome patients

Kindred/ numberSexEthnic originConsanguinuityPlatelet aggregationBTPlalelet nucleotidesCoagulation abnormalitiesPFA-100Bleeding historyTreatmentOther
A, abnormal; N, normal; ND, not done; DDAVP, desmopressin; URTI, upper respiratory tract infection.
A1FTurkish+AAANoneANoneNoneHyperextendable joints
A2FTurkish+AAANoneABruising & epistaxisNoneNone
A3FTurkish+NNDNNoneANoneNoneNone
A4FTurkish+ANDANoneANoneNoneNone
B5FTurkish+ANDAAPTT normal factorsNNoneNoneNone
B6MTurkish+ANDANoneNEpistaxisNoneNone
C7FTurkish+NAANoneAMenorrhagiaDDAVP, cauteryNone
C8FTurkish+AAANoneABled post dental extractNoneNone
D9MTurkish+ANDAAPTT normal factorsAGum bleedingNoneNone
D10MTurkish+ANDAAPTT normal factorsNNoneNoneNone
D11FTurkish+ANDAAPTT Fitzgerald deficiencyABruisingNoneNone
D12MTurkish+NDNDNDNoneNBruisingNoneNone
13MTurkishANDANoneNPost circumcisionNoneNone
E14MPakistan+AAANoneNDPost circumcision & dental extractionNo response to DDAVPNone
E15MPakistan+AAANoneNDNoneNoneNone
E16FPakistan+NAANoneANoneResponse DDAVPComplete heart block
17MPakistan+ANDANoneNNoneNoneNone
18MUKAAANoneNDEpistaxisNoneNone
19MPeruNAANoneNDNoneNoneNone
20FUKANDANoneANoneNoneUreteric reflux
21MUK/GermanAAANoneASubdural haematoma, retinal haemorrhagesDDAVP induced fittingNone
22FUKANDAnoneAEpistaxisCauteryMild mitral abnormality
23FUKAAAnoneABruising, bitNoneURTI ++ normal
tongue needed stitchPulmonary function/ echocardiogram