Molecular basis of familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis

Haematologica

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 538-541

  Cetica, Valentina ^a   Pende, Daniela ^b   Griffiths, Gillian M ^c   Aricò, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; EDITORIAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS TYPE 1; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS TYPE 2; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS TYPE 3; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS TYPE 4; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS TYPE 5; HISTIOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS, HEMOPHAGOCYTIC; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION; RECURRENCE;

EID: 77950656593     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: 15928721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2009.019562     Document Type: Editorial

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