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SUBMITTER: Nakahara E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9981561 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nakahara Erina E Yamamoto Keiko Shimojima KS Ogura Hiromi H Aoki Takako T Utsugisawa Taiju T Azuma Kenko K Akagawa Hiroyuki H Watanabe Kenichiro K Muraoka Michiko M Nakamura Fumihiko F Kamei Michi M Tatebayashi Koji K Shinozuka Jun J Yamane Takahisa T Hibino Makoto M Katsura Yoshiya Y Nakano-Akamatsu Sonoko S Kadowaki Norimitsu N Maru Yoshiro Y Ito Etsuro E Ohga Shouichi S Yagasaki Hiroshi H Morioka Ichiro I Yamamoto Toshiyuki T Kanno Hitoshi H
Human genome variation 20230302 1
Hereditary stomatocytosis (HSt) is a type of congenital hemolytic anemia caused by abnormally increased cation permeability of erythrocyte membranes. Dehydrated HSt (DHSt) is the most common subtype of HSt and is diagnosed based on clinical and laboratory findings related to erythrocytes. PIEZO1 and KCNN4 have been recognized as causative genes, and many related variants have been reported. We analyzed the genomic background of 23 patients from 20 Japanese families suspected of having DHSt using ...[more]