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Syndromic thrombocytopenia and predisposition to acute myelogenous leukemia caused by constitutional microdeletions on chromosome 21q.
Blood - 15 Aug 2008
Shinawi Marwan, Erez Ayelet, Shardy Deborah L, Lee Brendan, Naeem Rizwan, Weissenberger George, Chinault A Craig, Cheung Sau Wai, Plon Sharon E
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Several lines of evidence support the presence of dosage-sensitive genes on chromosome 21 that regulate leukemogenesis and hematopoiesis. We report a detailed clinical and molecular characterization of 3 patients with chronic thrombocytopenia caused by distinct constitutional microdeletions involving chromosomal region 21q22.12. The patients exhibited growth restriction, dysmorphic features, and developmental...
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