(1) Centre de Diagnostic Hormonal, 196, Ch. d'Alsemberg, B-1180 Bruxelles, Belgium;(2) Division of Human Genetics, Department of Human Biology, University of Leuven, Minderbroedersstraat, 12, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
Abstract:
Summary 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.