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Analysis of deletions in three McLeod patients: exclusion of the XS locus from the Xp21.1-Xp21.2 region.
European journal of immunogenetics : official journal of the British Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics - 1 Feb 2000
El Nemer W, Colin Y, Collec E, Gane P, Cartron J P, Kim C L
Abstract excerpt
The McLeod syndrome is a rare X-linked recessive disorder characterized by blood group, neuromuscular and haematopoietic abnormalities. It is caused by XK gene defects and may include large deletions in the Xp21 region. Analysis of three unrelated McLeod patients for the presence of the XK, DMD, CYBB, ETX1, RPGR and OTC loci, as well as for the DXS709 marker, revealed deletions from the 39th exon of DMD to the...
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