Mutational screening of thrombopoietin receptor gene (c-mpl) in patients with congenital thrombocytopenia and absent radii (TAR)

Pierluigi Strippoli, Anna Savoia, Achille Iolascon, Roberto Tonelli, Maria Savino, Mariachiara Savino, Paola Giordano, Michele D'Avanzo, Fausta Massolo, Franco Locatelli, Caterina Borgna, Domenico De Mattia, Leopoldo Zelante, Guido Paolucci, Giorgio Paolucci, Gian Paolo Bagnara

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Abstract

Thrombocytopenia with absent radii (TAR) is a rare autosomal recessive disease characterized by hypomega-karyocytic thrombocytopenia and bilateral radial aplasia. We performed mutational screening of coding and promoter regions of the c-mpl gene, encoding thrombopoietin (TPO) receptor, by sequence analysis in four unrelated patients affected by TAR syndrome. Our results indicate that c-mpl gene mutations are not a common cause of thrombocytopenia in TAR syndrome.
Lingua originaleEnglish
pagine (da-a)311-314
Numero di pagine4
RivistaBritish Journal of Haematology
Volume103
DOI
Stato di pubblicazionePubblicato - 1998

Keywords

  • congenital
  • thrombocytopenia absent radii syndrome
  • mutational screening
  • TPO-c-mpl system
  • megakaryocytopoiesis

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