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Deletion of the 3q26 region including the EVI1 and MDS1 genes in a neonate with congenital thrombocytopenia and subsequent aplastic anaemia.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Sept 2012
Nielsen Maartje, Vermont Clementien L, Aten Emmelien, Ruivenkamp Claudia A L, van Herrewegen Femke, Santen Gijs W E, Breuning Martijn H
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BACKGROUND: Gene-targeting studies in mice have revealed a key role for EVI1 protein in the maintenance of haematopoiesis, and argue in favour of a gene dosage requirement for EVI1 in the regulation of haematopoietic stem cells. Furthermore, a fusion transcript of MDS1 and EVI1 has been shown to...
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