First description of somatic mosaicism in MYH9 disorders

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 360-365

  Kunishima, Shinji ^a   Matsushita, Tadashi ^b   Yoshihara, Takao ^c   Nakase, Yoko ^c   Yokoi, Kentaro ^c   Hamaguchi, Motohiro ^a   Saito, Hidehiko ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c MATSUSHITA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Macrothrombocytopenia with leucocyte inclusions; May Hegglin anomaly; MYH9 disorders; Non muscle myosin heavy chain A; Somatic mosaicism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE REPORT; CELL INCLUSION; CHEEK MUCOSA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTRULATION; GENE MUTATION; GRANULOCYTE; HAIR ROOT; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MAY HEGGLIN ANOMALY; MOSAICISM; MYH9 DISORDER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC MOSAICISM; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

BASE SEQUENCE; BLOOD PLATELETS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INCLUSION BODIES; INFANT; MALE; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; MOSAICISM; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; NEUTROPHILS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 13444273007     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2004.05323.x     Document Type: Article

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