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Detection of six novel mutations in WASP gene in fifteen Iranian Wiskott-Aldrich patients.
Iranian journal of allergy, asthma, and immunology - 1 Dec 2012
Safaei Sepideh, Fazlollahi Mohammad Reza, Houshmand Masoud, Hamidieh Amir Ali, Bemanian Mohammad Hassan, Alavi Samin, Mousavi Farideh, Pourpak Zahra, Moin Mostafa
Abstract excerpt
Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS) is a life-threatening X-linked recessive immunodeficiency disease described as a clinical triad of thrombocytopenia, eczema, and recurrent infections, caused by mutations of the WAS protein (WASP) gene. The milder form of this disease is X-linked thrombocytopenia (XLT) that presents only as platelet abnormalities. Mutation analysis for 15 boys with Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome was...
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