Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome: The importance of molecular subtyping

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1643-1645

  Thielen, N ^a   Huizing, M ^b   Krabbe, J G ^c   White, J G ^d   Jansen, T J ^e   Merle, P A ^a   Gahl, W A ^b   Zweegman, S ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Isala Klinieken ^*  (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e General Practitioner   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OCULAR ALBINISM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; HERMANSKI-PUDLAK SYNDROME; HUMANS; LIBYA; MALE; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 77955014478     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2010.03898.x     Document Type: Letter

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