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Ovarian failure in HAX1-deficient patients: is there a gender-specific difference in pubertal development in severe congenital neutropenia or Kostmann disease?
Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) - 1 Jan 2013
Carlsson Göran, Kriström Berit, Nordenskjöld Magnus, Henter Jan-Inge, Fadeel Bengt
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AIM: Severe congenital neutropenia (SCN) is a rare disorder of myelopoiesis characterized by neutropenia, recurrent bacterial infections and a maturation arrest of the myelopoiesis in the bone marrow. Homozygous mutations in the HAX1 gene were described in patients with autosomal recessive SCN or Kostmann disease. Some of these patients display neurological disease. We noted, during the course of clinical...
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