Difficulties in the mutation analysis of plasminogen gene: A study in two patients with ligneous conjunctivitis

Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 77-84

  Sartori, Maria Teresa ^a,b   Saggiorato, Graziella ^a   Pellati, Donatella ^a   Dal Bello, Federico ^a   Lombardi, Anna Maria ^a   Opocher, Giuseppe ^a   Spiezia, Luca ^a   Girolami, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Congenital plasminogen deficiency; Ligneous conjunctivitis; Plasminogen gene mutations

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A; PLASMINOGEN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 2; CHROMOSOME 6; CONGENITAL PLASMINOGEN DEFICIENCY; CONJUNCTIVITIS; EXON; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INTRON; LIGNEOUS CONJUNCTIVITIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

CONJUNCTIVITIS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EXONS; FAMILY HEALTH; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PLASMINOGEN; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 32344453405     PISSN: 10760296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107602960601200112     Document Type: Article

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