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Evidence for a founder effect of the MPL-S505N mutation in eight Italian pedigrees with hereditary thrombocythemia.
Haematologica - 1 Oct 2009
Liu Kun, Martini Maurizio, Rocca Bianca, Amos Christopher I, Teofili Luciana, Giona Fiorina, Ding Jianmin, Komatsu Hirokazu, Larocca Luigi M, Skoda Radek C
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Hereditary thrombocythemia is a rare disease characterized by increased megakaryopoiesis and overproduction of platelets. Germ line mutations have been identified in the genes for thrombopoietin (THPO) and its receptor, MPL. A clustering of familial cases with the MPL-G1073A mutation that results in a serine to asparagine substitution (S505N) has been recently reported in Italy. Here we performed...
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