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New gene functions in megakaryopoiesis and platelet formation

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Analysis of 12,517 inhabitants of a Sardinian geographic isolate reveals that predispositions to thrombocytopenia and thrombocytosis are inherited traits

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Impact of MHC class II polymorphism on blood counts of CD4+ T lymphocytes in macaque

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Genome-wide association study of hematological and biochemical traits in a Japanese population

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Predisposition to idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura maps close to the major histocompatibility complex class I chain-related gene A

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A genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 22 loci associated with eight hematological parameters in the HaemGen consortium

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