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Three Novel Spectrin Variants in Jaundiced Neonates.
Clinical pediatrics - 1 Jan 2018
Christensen Robert D, Agarwal Archana M, Yaish Hassan M, Reading N Scott, O'Brien Elizabeth A, Prchal Josef T
Abstract excerpt
Various mutations in the genes encoding alpha spectrin (SPTA1) or beta spectrin (SPTB) are known to cause erythrocyte membrane disorders, sometimes associated with severe neonatal jaundice and anemia. We used a next-generation sequencing panel to evaluate 3 unrelated neonates who had puzzling cases of nonimmune hemolytic jaundice. In each case, we identified novel mutations in either SPTA1 or SPTB. Correlating...
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