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Linkage disequilibrium mapping of the gene for Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome to chromosome 10q23.1-q23.3.
Human molecular genetics - 1 Sept 1995
Fukai K, Oh J, Frenk E, Almodóvar C, Spritz R A
Abstract excerpt
Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome (HPS) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by the triad of tyrosinase-positive oculocutaneous albinism, bleeding diathesis due to storage-pool deficiency of platelets, and a lysosomal ceroid storage disease. The disorder is particularly frequent in Puerto Rico and in an isolated village in the Swiss Alps. We have used a linkage disequilibrium mapping approach to localize the...
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