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MYH9-related disease: Report on five German families and description of a novel mutation

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The authors would like to thank all patients and families who participated in the study. AS was funded by grants of Telethon Foundation (GGP06177) and Italian ISS (Italy–USA project for Rare Diseases) and Grant 34/07 of IRCCS Burlo Garofolo. MG and MB and the German registry for congenital thrombocytopenia were funded in part by a grant of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (German Network on Congenital Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes).

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  1. Medical Genetics, Department of Reproductive and Developmental Sciences, Institute for Maternal and Child Health, IRCCS “Burlo Garofolo”, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy

    Anna Savoia & Daniela De Rocco

  2. Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

    Manuela Germeshausen, Cornelia Wermes & Matthias Ballmaier

  3. Marienhospital Gelsenkirchen, Gelsenkirchen, Germany

    Bettina Henschel

  4. Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

    Christian P. Kratz

  5. Clinic of Pediatric Oncology, Hematology and Clinical Immunology, Center for Child and Adolescent Health, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany

    Michaela Kuhlen

  6. Department of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

    Bettina Rath

  7. Clinic for Diseases of the Anterior Segments of the Eyes, Essen University Hospital, Essen, Germany

    Klaus-Peter Steuhl

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Savoia, A., Germeshausen, M., De Rocco, D. et al. MYH9-related disease: Report on five German families and description of a novel mutation. Ann Hematol 89, 1057–1059 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-010-0928-y

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