Postgraduate medical journal
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Review Case Reports
Epstein's syndrome: case report and survey of the literature.
A diagnosis of Epstein's syndrome was made in a young female with congenital macrothrombopathic thrombocytopenia, a nephropathy and mild sensorineural deafness. Previous case reports of this rare disorder are briefly reviewed and attention is drawn to the frequent association between inherited thrombocytopenia and renal disease.