Advances in the understanding of Barth syndrome.

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Barth syndrome (BTHS) is an X-linked autosomal recessive disorder characterized by neutropenia, cardiomyopathy and growth retardation. BTHS was first described as mitochondrial disease affecting neutrophils as well as cardiac and skeletal muscles. Patients with neutropenia may have extremely low levels of circulating neutrophils and suffer from recurring sometimes life-threatening bacterial infections. Sepsis is...

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