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Identification of GFI1 mutations in adult patients with congenital neutropenia

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This article is based upon work from COST Action CA18233 “European Network for Innovative Diagnosis and treatment of Chronic Neutropenias, EuNet-INNOCHRON” (https://www.eunet-innochron.eu/) supported by COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology).

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  1. Department of Hematology, University Hospital of Heraklion, Heraklion, Greece

    Erasmia Boutakoglou, Grigorios Tsaknakis & Helen A. Papadaki

  2. Hemopoiesis Research Laboratory, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece

    Erasmia Boutakoglou, Grigorios Tsaknakis & Helen A. Papadaki

  3. Department of Hematology, Oncology, Clinical Immunology, and Rheumatology, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

    Maksim Klimiankou & Julia Skokowa

  4. Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece

    Elias Drakos

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Boutakoglou, E., Klimiankou, M., Tsaknakis, G. et al. Identification of GFI1 mutations in adult patients with congenital neutropenia. Ann Hematol 101, 2771–2773 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-022-04977-7

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