Homozygous truncation of the fibrinogen Aα chain within the coiled coil causes congenital afibrinogenemia

Blood

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 773-775

  Fellowes, Andrew P ^a   Brennan, Stephen O ^b   Holme, Randi ^b   Stormorken, Helge ^b   Brosstad, Frank R ^b   George, Peter M ^b  

^a CANTERBURY HEALTH LABORATORIES   (New Zealand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN;

ADULT; AFIBRINOGENEMIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONSENSE MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034662164     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v96.2.773     Document Type: Article

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