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Spectrin mutations in hereditary elliptocytosis and hereditary spherocytosis.
Human mutation - 1 Jan 1996
Maillet P, Alloisio N, Morlé L, Delaunay J
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary elliptocytosis (HE), its aggravated form hereditary pyropoikilocytosis (HPP), and hereditary spherocytosis (HS) designate a set of congenital hemolytic syndromes. The responsible mutations lie in several genes encoding proteins of the red cell membrane. In particular, they involve the SPTA1 and SPTB genes that encode erythroid spectrin alpha- and beta-chains, respectively. In situ, spectrin is a alpha...
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