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Keywords:

  • stomatocytosis;
  • erythrocytes;
  • linkage analysis;
  • stomatin;
  • alpha-adducin;
  • beta-adducin

Abstract

Defects in stomatin, α-and β-adducin have been implicated in erythrocyte disorders of cation permeability. We performed linkage analysis of the genetic loci for these proteins in a large kindred with xerocytosis (dehydrated hereditary stomatocytosis). Using polymerase chain reaction-based genotyping techniques, all three loci are excluded as disease gene candidates. Am. J. Hematol. 60:72–74, 1999. © 1999 Wiley-Liss, Inc.