Factor VIII gene intron 1 inversion: Lower than expected prevalence in Italian haemophiliac severe patients [1]

Haemophilia

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 194-196

  Salviato, R ^a   Belvini, D ^a   Radossi, P ^a   Tagariello, Guiseppe ^a  

^a Haemophilia Centre and Blood Bank   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; DNA FRAGMENT;

CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXON; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SCREENING; HEMOPHILIA A; HUMAN; INTRON; ITALY; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE;

EID: 1542360805     PISSN: 13518216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2516.2003.00855.x     Document Type: Letter

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