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Detection of hemizygosity in Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome by quantitative real-time PCR.
Clinical genetics - 1 Jul 2005
Griffin A E, Cobb B R, Anderson P D, Claassen D A, Helip-Wooley A, Huizing M, Gahl W A
Abstract excerpt
Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome (HPS) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by oculocutaneous albinism, a bleeding diathesis and, in some patients, pulmonary fibrosis or granulomatous colitis. HPS is associated with biosynthesis defects of melanosomes, platelet-dense bodies, and lysosomes. There are seven genetic HPS subtypes; HPS-1 is the most common. We used a real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR) approach to...
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