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  • Title: Selective deficiency in collagen-induced platelet aggregation during L-asparaginase therapy.
    Author: Shapiro RS, Gerrard JM, Ramsay NK, Nesbit ME, Coccia PF, Stoddard SF, Plow EF, White JG, Krivit W.
    Journal: Am J Pediatr Hematol Oncol; 1980; 2(3):207-12. PubMed ID: 6933865.
    Abstract:
    Platelet aggregation studies were performed on 10 pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) receiving induction therapy with vincristine, prednisone, and L-asparaginase. An isolated abnormality in platelet aggregation in response to collagen was found in all patients during the course of therapy. Platelet aggregation in response to collagen normalized following the discontinuation of L-asparaginase, while patients were still on vincristine and prednisone. In contrast to the abnormal collagen response, platelet aggregation induced by epinephrine, arachidonic acid, adenosine diphosphate (ADP), and thrombin were normal both during and following therapy. In the one patient with a normal platelet count before therapy, aggregation induced by all agents was normal. This selective abnormality in collagen aggregation therefore appears to result from therapy, with the use of L-asparaginase in particular being implicated.
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