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Pelger-huet anomaly and a mild skeletal phenotype secondary to mutations in LBR.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Aug 2013
Borovik Lior, Modaff Peggy, Waterham Hans R, Krentz Anthony D, Pauli Richard M
Abstract excerpt
The Lamin B receptor (LBR) gene has been described to encode a bifunctional protein. Mutations in the LBR gene can affect neutrophil segmentation and sterol reductase activity and have been associated with two different recognized clinical conditions, Pelger-Huet anomaly (PHA) and Greenberg skeletal dysplasia. PHA is a benign autosomal co-dominant laminopathy resulting in bilobed neutrophil nuclei in...
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