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Massive Splenic Infarction and Autosplencetomy: First Presentation of Homozygous Sickle Cell Disease in a Toddler.

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From an evolutionary standpoint, the homologs of human GGCX and PROC are located on the same chromosome only in primates, but not in mice or other species. This relatively new… Click to show full abstract

From an evolutionary standpoint, the homologs of human GGCX and PROC are located on the same chromosome only in primates, but not in mice or other species. This relatively new evolutionary event, which placed 2 mutually counteracting vitamin K-dependent coagulant factors on the same chromosome, forms the basis of both hypocoagulopathy and hypercoagulopathy associated with uniparental disomy of chromosome 2.

Keywords: splenic infarction; infarction autosplencetomy; autosplencetomy first; massive splenic; presentation homozygous; first presentation

Journal Title: Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Year Published: 2019

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