title: Inherited thrombocytopenias: the beat goes on.
abstract: In this issue of Blood, Bottega et al document mutations in ACTN1, which encodes the cytoskeletal protein α-actinin 1, in 10 of 239 consecutive probands with an inherited thrombocytopenia--making ACTN1 an important cause of familial thrombocytopenia.
authors: TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE.
authors: A Koneti
authors: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3078-7778
authors: AK
authors: Rao
authors: TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE.
authors: Natthapol
authors: N
authors: Songdej
mesh_terms: D000185:Actinin / Q000235:genetics*; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020125:Mutation, Missense; D010641:Phenotype; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: C526905:ACTN1 protein, human; D000185:Actinin
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