Severe factor XI deficiency in the Abruzzo region of Italy is associated to different FXI gene mutations

Haematologica

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 957-958

  Castaman, Giancarlo ^a   Giacomelli, Sofia H ^a   Dragani, Alfredo ^b   Iuliani, Ornella ^b   Duga, Stefano ^c   Rodeghiero, Francesco ^a  

^a SAN BORTOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Hemophilia Center

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ADULT; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 11 DEFICIENCY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FACTOR XI GENE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; ITALY; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FACTOR XI; FACTOR XI DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 44949231051     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3324/haematol.12540     Document Type: Letter

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