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Two common founder mutations of the fanconi anemia group G gene FANCG/XRCC9 in the Japanese population.
Human mutation - 1 May 2003
Yagasaki Hiroshi, Oda Tsukasa, Adachi Daiki, Nakajima Toshiaki, Nakahata Tatsutoshi, Asano Shigetaka, Yamashita Takayuki
Abstract excerpt
Fanconi anemia (FA) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder of hematopoiesis with eight complementation groups (FA-A, B, C, D1, D2, E, F and G). To date, seven of the FA genes have been identified. Although extensive analyses in Western countries revealed that the subgroup prevalence and mutational spectrum vary depending on the ethnic background, not much data is available on Asian populations. In the present...
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