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Common polymorphic deletion of glutathione S-transferase theta predisposes to acquired aplastic anemia: Independent cohort and meta-analysis of 609 patients.
American journal of hematology - 1 Oct 2013
Babushok Daria V, Li Yimei, Roth Jacquelyn J, Perdigones Nieves, Cockroft Joshua D, Biegel Jaclyn A, Mason Philip J, Bessler Monica
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Acquired aplastic anemia (AA) is a rare life-threatening bone marrow failure syndrome, caused by autoimmune destruction of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells. Epidemiologic studies suggest that environmental exposures and metabolic gene polymorphisms contribute to disease pathogenesis. Several case-control studies linked homozygous deletion of the glutathione S-transferase theta (GSTT1) gene to AA; however,...
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