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Mutations in the NMMHC-A gene cause autosomal dominant macrothrombocytopenia with leukocyte inclusions (May-Hegglin anomaly/Sebastian syndrome).
Blood - 15 Feb 2001
Kunishima S, Kojima T, Matsushita T, Tanaka T, Tsurusawa M, Furukawa Y, Nakamura Y, Okamura T, Amemiya N, Nakayama T, Kamiya T, Saito H
Abstract excerpt
Macrothrombocytopenia with leukocyte inclusions is a rare autosomal dominant platelet disorder characterized by a triad of giant platelets, thrombocytopenia, and characteristic Döhle body-like leukocyte inclusions. A previous study mapped a locus for the disease on chromosome 22q12.3-q13.2 by genome-wide linkage analysis. In addition, the complete DNA sequence of human chromosome 22 allowed a positional candidate...
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