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Ankyrin gene mutations in japanese patients with hereditary spherocytosis.
International journal of hematology - 1 Jan 2001
Nakanishi H, Kanzaki A, Yawata A, Yamada O, Yawata Y
Abstract excerpt
We studied mutations of the ankyrin-1 (ANK-1) gene of genomic DNA from Japanese patients with hereditary spherocytosis (HS). Forty-nine patients from 46 unrelated families were included in this study. Of these patients, 19 cases from 16 unrelated families had HS of autosomal-dominant inheritance, and 30 patients had non-autosomal-dominant HS. Fifteen mutations of the ANK-1 gene pathognomonic for HS were...
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