Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome can cause blood clotting problems and can be potentially fatal.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by multiple peer-reviewed medical sources; note claim's 'clotting problems' actually refers to platelet dysfunction causing bleeding tendency, not excessive clotting, but this is a common colloquial framing. Fatal pulmonary fibrosis outcome is well documented.
Sources
- The doctor of nearly lost causes - MIT Technology Review (technologyreview.com)
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5856338/ (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8028140/ (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
- https://publications.ersnet.org/content/errev/30/159/200193 (publications.ersnet.org)