Acquired platelet function disorders are even more common. Congenital platelet function disorders are hereditary diseases. This means that they are passed on from the parents to the child at the time of conception. The heredity of platelet function disorders varies from disorder to disorder. There are even differences within the same disorder.
Some families pass on the disorder in an autosomal dominant pattern.
This means that only one parent carries the mutant gene. Other types are autosomal recessive disorders. This means that both parents must carry the defective gene to be able to pass it on to their children. The affected chromosome is an autosome . The sex chromosome is not affected in platelet function disorders.