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A new entity manifested by severe congenital neutropenia associated with osteoporosis and recurrent bone fracture is described in a family. A possible role for a new recognized cytokine system involved in bone remodeling, the osteoprotegerin/receptor activator of nuclear factor-κB ligand, is suggested. Am. J. Hematol. 72:34–37, 2003. © 2002 Wiley-Liss, Inc. |