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Cellular, molecular and clinical characterization of patients with Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome type 5.
Traffic (Copenhagen, Denmark) - 1 Sept 2004
Huizing Marjan, Hess Richard, Dorward Heidi, Claassen David A, Helip-Wooley Amanda, Kleta Robert, Kaiser-Kupfer Muriel I, White James G, Gahl William A
Abstract excerpt
Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome (HPS) is a disorder of lysosome-related organelles such as melanosomes and platelet dense granules. Seven genes are now associated with HPS in humans. An accurate diagnosis of each HPS subtype has important prognostic and treatment implications. Here we describe the cellular, molecular, and clinical aspects of the recently identified HPS-5 subtype. We first analyzed the genomic...
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