Novel spectrum of perforin gene mutations in familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in ethnic Omani patients

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1099-1102

  Muralitharan, Shanmugakonar ^a   Wali, Yasser A ^a   Dennison, David ^a   Lamki, Zakia A ^a   Zachariah, Mathew ^a   Nagwa, El Banna ^b   Pathare, Anil ^a   Krishnamoorthy, Rajagopal ^c,d  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Oman)

^b ROYAL HOSPITAL   (Oman)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERFORIN;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; ETHNIC GROUPS; EXONS; HUMANS; LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS, HEMOPHAGOCYTIC; OMAN; PERFORIN; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 36749027637     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: 10968652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.21009     Document Type: Article

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