Article
Mutation in the negative regulatory element of the erythropoietin receptor gene in a case of sporadic primary polycythemia.
Experimental hematology - 1 May 1994
Sokol L, Prchal J F, D'Andrea A, Rado T A, Prchal J T
Abstract excerpt
A 42-year-old Caucasian male with sporadic primary polycythemia has been followed by us for 13 years. During the time of observation, his hemoglobin had been stable, and he has never had an elevated white count or platelet count or any other stigmata of polycythemia vera (PV). Both of his parents, his three children, and all siblings have been hematologically normal. The in vitro culture of erythroid progenitors...
Topics
- Adult
- Base Sequence
- Blotting, Southern
- Cells, Cultured
- DNA
- Erythrocytes
- Erythroid Precursor Cells
- Family Health
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Humans
- Male
