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Screening the PRF1, UNC13D, STX11, SH2D1A, XIAP, and ITK gene mutations in Chinese children with Epstein-Barr virus-associated hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis.
Pediatric blood & cancer - 1 Mar 2012
Zhizhuo Huang, Junmei Xu, Yuelin Shen, Qiang Qin, Chunyan Liu, Zhengde Xie, Kunling Shen
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BACKGROUND: This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of mutations in the PRF1, UNC13D, STX11, SH2D1A, XIAP, and ITK in Chinese pediatric patients with EBV-HLH. METHODS: Sixty-seven pediatric patients diagnosed with EBV-HLH in Beijing Children's Hospital were recruited. Nucleotide sequences of all exons and their flanking intronic sequences of PRF1, UNC13D, STX11, SH2D1A, XIAP, and ITK were amplified by PCR...
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