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Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome type 4 (HPS-4): clinical and molecular characteristics.
Human genetics - 1 Jul 2003
Anderson Paul D, Huizing Marjan, Claassen David A, White James, Gahl William A
Abstract excerpt
Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome (HPS) is an autosomal recessive disorder of oculocutaneous albinism and bleeding attributable to storage-pool-deficient platelets. Although at least 14 mouse models of HPS exist, the human disorders that comprise HPS, i.e., HPS-1, HPS-2, HPS-3, and HPS-4, are recognized to result from mutations in four genes, viz., HPS1, ADTB3A, HPS3, and HPS4, respectively. To characterize further the...
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