Homozygous gene conversion in von Willebrand factor gene as a cause of type 3 von Willebrand disease and predisposition to inhibitor development [2]

Blood

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 248-250

  Surdhar, Gurcharan K ^a   Enayat, Mohammad S ^a   Lawson, Sarah ^a   Williams, Michael D ^a   Hill, Frank G H ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

BLEEDING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE CONVERSION; GENE MUTATION; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE;

EID: 0035412405     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.V98.1.248     Document Type: Letter

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