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Novel loci involved in platelet function and platelet count identified by a genome-wide study performed in children.
Haematologica - 1 Sept 2011
Guerrero José A, Rivera José, Quiroga Teresa, Martinez-Perez Angel, Antón Ana Isabel, Martínez Constantino, Panes Olga, Vicente Vicente, Mezzano Diego, Soria José-Manuel, Corral Javier
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BACKGROUND: Genome-wide association studies are currently identifying new loci with potential roles in thrombosis and hemostasis: these loci include novel polymorphisms associated with platelet function traits and count. However, no genome-wide study performed on children has been reported to date, in spite of the potential that these subjects have in genetic studies, when compared to adults, given the minimal...
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