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A novel and a previously described compound heterozygous PKLR gene mutations causing pyruvate kinase deficiency in a Chinese child.
Fetal and pediatric pathology - 1 Jun 2014
Li Huimin, Gu Ping, Yao Ru-en, Wang Jian, Fu Qihua, Wang Jing
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BACKGROUND: Pyruvate kinase deficiency (PKD) is one of the most common enzymatic defects in humans and it is an autosomal recessive disorder causing chronic nonspherocytic hemolytic anemia. METHODS: A two-year-old male baby with severe hemolytic anemia and low level of pyruvate kinase (PK) activity was enrolled in this study. All exons of PKLR gene and their flanking sequences were amplified from the patient's...
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