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A novel homozygous VPS45 p.P468L mutation leading to severe congenital neutropenia with myelofibrosis.
Pediatric blood & cancer - 1 Sept 2017
Shah Rikin K, Munson Mary, Wierenga Klaas J, Pokala Hanumantha R, Newburger Peter E, Crawford David
Abstract excerpt
VPS45-associated severe congenital neutropenia (SCN) is a rare disorder characterized by life-threating infections, neutropenia, neutrophil and platelet dysfunction, poor response to filgrastim, and myelofibrosis with extramedullary hematopoiesis. We present a patient with SCN due to a homozygous c.1403C>T (p.P468L) mutation in VPS45, critical regulator of SNARE-dependent membrane fusion. Structural modeling...
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