doi:10.1160/TH11-07-0474 Thromb Haemost 2012; 107: 590–591 Dear Sirs, Fechtner syndrome (1) is a rare autosomaldominant disorder characterised by thrombocytopenia, giant platelets and features of Alport syndrome, i.e. nephritis, cataract and sensorineural hearing loss. It is one entity of a group of giant platelet disorders caused by mutations of the MYH9 gene, encoding the heavy chain of nonmu...
