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A recent report discusses research on pediatrics conducted at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital in Muscat, Oman. The study focused on platelet storage pool diseases (SPD), which are bleeding disorders associated with defects in platelet granules. The researchers used a transmission electron microscope to study the clinical, laboratory, and ultrastructural changes in platelets of patients diagnosed with SPD. The findings showed that abnormalities in platelet ultrastructure on electron microscope studies provided corroborative evidence for SPD. The study concluded that while patients with SPD presented with bleeding diathesis, traditional platelet function tests were inconclusive, highlighting the importance of electron microscope studies in diagnosing SPD. [Extracted from the article] |
