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Disorders of vesicles of lysosomal lineage: the Hermansky-Pudlak syndromes.
Current molecular medicine - 1 Aug 2002
Huizing M, Gahl W A
Abstract excerpt
Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome (HPS) has evolved into a group of genetically distinct disorders characterized by oculocutaneous albinism, a storage pool deficiency, and impaired formation or trafficking of intracellular vesicles. HPS-1 results from mutations in the HPS1 gene and affects approximately 400 individuals in northwest Puerto Rico due to a 16-bp duplication in exon 15. Another 13 mutations have been reported...
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