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Identification of five novel WASP mutations in Chinese families with Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome.
Human mutation - 1 Aug 2002
Chan Koon-Wing, Lee Tsz-Leung, Chung Brian Hon-Yin, Yang Xiqiang, Lau Yu-Lung
Abstract excerpt
The Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome (WAS) is an X-linked recessive immunodeficiency caused by mutation in the gene encoding WAS protein (WASP). The disease is characterized by eczema, thrombocytopenia and severe immunodeificency and is associated with extensive clinical heterogeneity. Mutation studies i...
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