Molecular characterization of an Italian patient with plasminogen deficiency and ligneous conjunctivitis

Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 81-84

  Siboni, Simona M ^a   Spreafico, Marta ^a   Menegatti, Marzia ^a   Martinelli, Ida ^a   Peyvandi, Flora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ligneous conjunctivitis; Long polymerase chain reaction; Plasminogen deficiency; Plasminogen related genes; PLG mutations

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; EYE DROPS; HEPARIN; PLASMINOGEN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CLONING; CONJUNCTIVITIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRAIT; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; PLASMINOGEN DEFICIENCY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PLASMINOGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 33845731811     PISSN: 09575235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MBC.0b013e3280124f17     Document Type: Article

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