Hypofibrinogenemia in an individual with 2 coding (γ82 A → G and Bβ235 P → L) and 2 noncoding mutations

Blood

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1709-1713

  Brennan, Stephen O ^a   Fellowes, Andrew P ^b   Faed, James M ^b   George, Peter M ^b  

^a CANTERBURY HEALTH LABORATORIES   (New Zealand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; FIBRINOGEN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; CASE REPORT; DNA SEQUENCE; FIBRINOGEN DEFECT; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOFIBRINOGENEMIA; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034161362     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v95.5.1709.005k04_1709_1713     Document Type: Article

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