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Severe congenital neutropenia inherited in an autosomal recessive pattern and caused by mutation(s) in the VPS45 gene, encoding vacuolar protein sorting-associated protein 45. It is characterized by neutrophil dysfunction, a lack of response to G-CSF, life-threatening infections, bone marrow fibrosis, and renal extramedullary hematopoiesis.
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