Treatment and Diagnosis of Hereditary Xerocytosis

摘要

The invention relates to an in vitro method of diagnosis of hereditary xerocytosis in a subject, comprising genotyping the KCNN4 gene encoding the Gardos channel in said subject. The invention also relates to an inhibitor of the KCNN4 protein for use in the treatment of hereditary xerocytosis, in particular in a human subject who is a carrier of the missense mutation c.1055GA or c.844GA in the KCNN4 gene.