Inversion mutation as a major cause of severe hemophilia A in Italian patients

Haematologica

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 75-76

  Mori, Pier Giorgio ^a   Caprino, Daniela ^a   Bicocchi, Maria Patrizia ^a   Valetto, Angelo ^a   Bottini, Federico ^a   Aquila, Maura ^a  

^a G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carrier detection; Hemophilia A; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; DNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HEMOPHILIA A; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FACTOR VIII; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; GENE FREQUENCY; HEMOPHILIA A; HUMANS; INTRONS; INVERSION, CHROMOSOME; ITALY; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0031468061     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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