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The role of X-inactivation in the gender bias of patients with acquired alpha-thalassaemia and myelodysplastic syndrome (ATMDS).
British journal of haematology - 1 Feb 2009
Haas Peter S, Roy Noemi B A, Gibbons Richard J, Deville Marie-Alice, Fisher Chris, Schwabe Michael, Bissé Emmanuel, van Dorsselaer Alain, Higgs Douglas R, Lübbert Michael
Abstract excerpt
Alpha thalassaemia myelodysplastic syndrome (ATMDS) is an unusual complication of chronic myeloid malignancy that is associated with a striking red cell phenotype. It represents an acquired form of alpha-thalassaemia that most commonly arises in the context of myelodysplasia. It has recently been shown that this condition occurs in association with somatic mutations of a known X-encoded trans-acting regulator of...
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