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Exome sequencing confirms molecular diagnoses in 38 Chinese families with hereditary spherocytosis.
Science China. Life sciences - 1 Aug 2018
Wang Rongrong, Yang Shuanghao, Xu Ming, Huang Jia, Liu Hongyan, Gu Weiyue, Zhang Xue
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary spherocytosis (HS), the most common cause of congenital hemolytic anemia, is caused by deficiency of the erythrocyte membrane proteins. Five causative genes (ANK1, SPTB, SPTA1, SLC4A1, and EPB42) have been identified. To date, molecular genetic studies have been performed in different populations, including the American, European, Brazilian, Japanese and Korean populations, whereas only a few studies...
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