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Gestational thrombocytopenia
Neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia
X linked thrombocytopenia
Hypodysfibrinogenemia
Exophilia
Dysfibrinogenemia
Congenital amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia
Acquired haemophilia