Reduced clinical severity in a mutationally well-characterized cohort of severe hemophilia with associated thrombophilia

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 84-87

  Shetty, Shrimati ^a   Ghosh, Kanjaksha ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Hemophilia; Inversion; Thrombophilia

Indexed keywords

ANTIPLASMIN; ANTITHROMBIN III; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5 LEIDEN; ENDOTHELIAL PROTEIN C RECEPTOR; PLASMINOGEN; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1; PROTEIN C; PROTEIN S; TISSUE FACTOR PATHWAY INHIBITOR; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ACTIVATED PROTEIN C RESISTANCE; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEMOPHILIA; HEMOPHILIA A; HEMOPHILIA B; HUMAN; INTRON; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOPHILIA;

CHROMOSOME INVERSION; COHORT STUDIES; FACTOR VIII; HEMOPHILIA A; HUMANS; MUTATION; THROMBOPHILIA;

EID: 48249155867     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/6A8UURH9NU2YNFBP     Document Type: Article

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