Is it possible to identify siblings by studying bone marrow under a microscope? Two unusual cases of Gaucher disease.
Two cases of Gaucher disease have been reported in siblings, in whom an unusual similar histological pattern permitted the pathologist (BP) to identify family relation of patients bearing different names.
Department of Pathomorphology, Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University, Kraków.
Bolesław
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Papla
Maciej
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Machaczka
Aleksander B
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Skotnicki
D000328:Adult; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells / Q000473:pathology*; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D005776:Gaucher Disease / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009679:Nuclear Family; D010375:Pedigree
D004247:DNA