Mouse models of Hermansky Pudlak syndrome: a review.

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0749.1998.tb00713.x

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Mouse models of Hermansky Pudlak syndrome: a review.

Pigment cell research - 1 Apr 1998

Swank R T, Novak E K, McGarry M P, Rusiniak M E, Feng L

Abstract excerpt

Hermansky Pudlak Syndrome (HPS) is a recessively inherited disease affecting the contents and/or the secretion of several related subcellular organelles including melanosomes, lysosomes, and platelet dense granules. It presents with disorders of pigmentation, prolonged bleeding, and ceroid deposi...

Topics

Albinism, Oculocutaneous
Animals
Bleeding Time
Disease Models, Animal
Humans
Mice
Organelles
Phenotype
Pigmentation

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