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A familial case of Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome with a hotspot mutation in exon 2 of the WAS Gene.
Journal of Korean medical science - 1 Dec 2007
Park Sook Kyung, Kim Chun Soo, Song Dae Kyu, Kim Joo Young, Choi In Jang, Kim Dae Kwang
Abstract excerpt
The Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS) is a severe X-linked disorder characterized classically by thrombocytopenia, immunodeficiency, and eczema. The phenotype observed in this syndrome is caused by mutation in the WAS gene. Peripheral blood DNAs were isolated from an 18-month-old boy with WAS and his mother, maternal uncle, and maternal grandmother. Genetic analysis for the detection of a mutation of WAS gene was...
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