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Identification of six novel WASP gene mutations in patients suffering from Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome.
Human mutation - 1 Apr 2000
Brooimans R A, van den Berg A J, Tamminga R Y, Revesz T, Wulffraat N M, Zegers B J
Abstract excerpt
Mutation in the gene encoding the Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome protein (WASP) has been identified as the genetic defect responsible for WAS, an X-linked primary immunodeficiency disease characterized by eczema, thrombocytopenia, and recurrent infections. In this study, the WASP gene of 7 unrelated patients with classical WAS of Dutch descent was examined by single-strand conformation polymorphism and sequence...
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