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Thrombocytopenia is the most common haematological complication of Hughes syndrome. It can precede other features by many years and can be severe. More commonly, however, patients often run ‘borderline’ platelet counts (e.g. 100,000) for many years.
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Hughes, G., Khamashta, M.A. (2013). Blood. In: Hughes Syndrome: Highways and Byways. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5161-6_12
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