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Identification of a novel C16orf57 mutation in Athabaskan patients with Poikiloderma with Neutropenia.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Feb 2011
Clericuzio Carol, Harutyunyan Karine, Jin Weidong, Erickson Robert P, Irvine Alan D, McLean W H Irwin, Wen Yaran, Bagatell Rochelle, Griffin Thomas A, Shwayder Tor A, Plon Sharon E, Wang Lisa L
Abstract excerpt
Poikiloderma with Neutropenia (PN), Clericuzio-Type (OMIM #604173) is characterized by poikiloderma, chronic neutropenia, recurrent sinopulmonary infections, bronchiectasis, and nail dystrophy. First described by Clericuzio in 1991 in 14 patients of Navajo descent, it has since also been described in non-Navajo patients. C16orf57 has recently been identified as a causative gene in PN. The purpose of our study was...
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