Defective fibrinogen polymerization associated with a novel γ279Ala→Asp mutation

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 236-240

  Brennan, Stephen O ^a,c   Wyatt, Jane M ^a   Ockelford, Paul ^b   George, Peter M ^a  

^a CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b Diagnostic Laboratory   (New Zealand)

^c CANTERBURY HEALTH LABORATORIES   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Defective polymerization mass spectrometry; Fibrinogen; Mutation

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ASPARTIC ACID; FIBRINOGEN;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSFIBRINOGENEMIA; ENZYME SUBUNIT; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MENORRHAGIA; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; PROTHROMBIN TIME;

ADULT; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; HUMANS; MENORRHAGIA; MUTATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0034091972     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2000.01859.x     Document Type: Article

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