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A patient with primary thrombocytosis was found to present an acquired deletion of the long arm of chromosome 21 (21q-). A similar observation reported in the literature is hereby confirmed.
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Zaccaria, A., Tura, S.: A chromosomal abnormality in primary thrombocythemia. N. Engl. J. Med. 298, 1422–1423 (1978)
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Petit, P., Van den Berghe, H. A chromosomal abnormality (21q-) in primary thrombocytosis. Hum Genet 50, 105–106 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00295597
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00295597