Von Willebrand factor 1 and factor 2 alleles (intron 40) are suitable markers for carrier detection in von Willebrand disease families in the Indian population

Acta Haematologica

Volumn 115, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 64-67

  Trasi, Sucheta ^a   Mohanty, Dipika ^a   Pathare, Anil ^a   Shetty, Shrimati ^a   Ghosh, Kanjaksha ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Carrier detection; Intron 40; Polymorphic marker; Von Willebrand factor gene

Indexed keywords

POLYACRYLAMIDE; PRIMER DNA; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INDIAN; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE;

ALLELES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; INDIA; INTRONS; MALE; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

EID: 31144442402     PISSN: 00015792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000089468     Document Type: Article

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