Thromb Haemost 2016; 115(05): 1076-1079
DOI: 10.1160/TH15-11-0884
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SLFN14-related thrombocytopenia: identification within a large series of patients with inherited thrombocytopenia

Caterina Marconi
1   Department of Medical and Surgical Science, Policlinico Sant’Orsola Malpighi and University of Bologna, Bologna,Italy
,
Christian A. Di Buduo
2   Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
,
Serena Barozzi
3   Department of Internal Medicine, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Foundation and University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
,
Flavia Palombo
1   Department of Medical and Surgical Science, Policlinico Sant’Orsola Malpighi and University of Bologna, Bologna,Italy
,
Simonetta Pardini
4   Hematology Institute, University Hospital of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
,
Carlo Zaninetti
3   Department of Internal Medicine, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Foundation and University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
,
Tommaso Pippucci
1   Department of Medical and Surgical Science, Policlinico Sant’Orsola Malpighi and University of Bologna, Bologna,Italy
,
Patrizia Noris
3   Department of Internal Medicine, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Foundation and University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
,
Alessandra Balduini
2   Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
5   Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
,
Marco Seri
1   Department of Medical and Surgical Science, Policlinico Sant’Orsola Malpighi and University of Bologna, Bologna,Italy
,
Alessandro Pecci
3   Department of Internal Medicine, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Foundation and University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
› Author Affiliations
Financial Support: This work was supported by a grant from The Telethon Foundation (GGP13082) to P. N. and M. S. and a grant from the Cariplo Foundation (2010–0807) to A. B. and A. P.
Further Information

Publication History

Received: 17 November 2015

Accepted after major revision: 13 January 2015

Publication Date:
06 December 2017 (online)

Supplementary Material to this article is available online at www.thrombosis-online.com.

 
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