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Identifying patients with neutrophil elastase (ELANE) mutations from patients with a presumptive diagnosis of autoimmune neutropenia.
Immunobiology - 1 May 2013
Lee Wen-I, Chen Shih-Hsiang, Huang Jing-Long, Jaing Tang-Her, Chung Hung-Tao, Yeh Kuo-Wei, Chen Li-Chen, Yao Tsung-Chieh, Hsieh Meng-Ying, Lin Syh-Jae, Kuo Ming-Ling
Abstract excerpt
To differentiate severe congenital neutropenia (SCN) from autoimmune neutropenia (AIN) in patients with persistent neutropenia ≤1000/mm(3) over three months, we evaluated anti-neutrophil auto-antibodies, candidate genes of ELANA, HAX1 and GCSFR, and neutrophil elastase (NE) activity in 38 patients (21 females; average onset age 14.12 ± 2.49 months) in a primary immunodeficiency disease center between 2004 and...
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