A Novel Mutation of the Spectrin Gene

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00723567

Recruitment Status : Completed

First Posted : July 28, 2008

Last Update Posted : February 19, 2009

Sponsor:

Collaborator:

University of Witwatersrand, South Africa

Information provided by:

University of Utah

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Recruitment Status :	Completed
Actual Primary Completion Date :	December 2008
Actual Study Completion Date :	December 2008

Publications:

Ivanov IT, Tolekova A, Chakaarova P. Erythrocyte membrane defects in hemolytic anemias found through derivative thermal analysis of electric impedance. J Biochem Biophys Methods. 2007 Jun 10;70(4):641-8. Epub 2007 Mar 1.

Ramos MC, Schafernak KT, Peterson LC. Hereditary pyropoikilocytosis: a rare but potentially severe form of congenital hemolytic anemia. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2007 Feb;29(2):128-9.

King MJ, Telfer P, MacKinnon H, Langabeer L, McMahon C, Darbyshire P, Dhermy D. Using the eosin-5-maleimide binding test in the differential diagnosis of hereditary spherocytosis and hereditary pyropoikilocytosis. Cytometry B Clin Cytom. 2008 Jul;74(4):244-50. doi: 10.1002/cyto.b.20413.

An X, Mohandas N. Disorders of red cell membrane. Br J Haematol. 2008 May;141(3):367-75. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2008.07091.x. Epub 2008 Mar 12. Review.

Gaetani M, Mootien S, Harper S, Gallagher PG, Speicher DW. Structural and functional effects of hereditary hemolytic anemia-associated point mutations in the alpha spectrin tetramer site. Blood. 2008 Jun 15;111(12):5712-20. doi: 10.1182/blood-2007-11-122457. Epub 2008 Jan 24.

Salomao M, Zhang X, Yang Y, Lee S, Hartwig JH, Chasis JA, Mohandas N, An X. Protein 4.1R-dependent multiprotein complex: new insights into the structural organization of the red blood cell membrane. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Jun 10;105(23):8026-31. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0803225105. Epub 2008 Jun 4.

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