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Compound heterozygous mutations in 2 siblings with Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome type 1 (HPS1).
Klinische Padiatrie - 1 May 2010
Sandrock K, Bartsch I, Rombach N, Schmidt K, Nakamura L, Hainmann I, Busse A, Zieger B
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome (HPS) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder causing oculocutaneous albinism, bleeding disorder and ceroid lipofuscinosis. Platelets from HPS patients are characterized by the absence of dense (delta)-bodies. There are eight known human HPS GENES (HPS1-HPS8), each leading to a particular clinical HPS subtype. Restrictive lung disease, granulomatous colitis and cardiomyopathy...
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