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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 deposition, often accompanied by severe fibrotic lung disease and colitis. In the mouse, the disorder is clearly multigenic,...
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