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Four novel ELANE mutations in patients with congenital neutropenia.
Pediatric blood & cancer - 1 Aug 2011
Kurnikova Maria, Maschan Michael, Dinova Evgeniya, Shagina Irina, Finogenova Natalia, Mamedova Elena, Polovtseva Tatyana, Shagin Dmitry, Shcherbina Anna
Abstract excerpt
Congenital neutropenia is a heterogeneous bone marrow failure syndrome characterized by a maturation arrest of myelopoesis at the promyelocyte/myelocyte stage. Cyclic neutropenia (CyN) and severe congenital neutropenia (SCN) are two main forms of congenital neutropenia. Genetic analysis has shown that heterozygous mutations in the ELANE gene encoding the neutrophil elastase are the major cause of these disorders....
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