Genetic defects in von Willebrand disease type 3 in Indian and Greek patients

Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 219-222

  Gupta, P K ^a   Saxena, R ^b   Adamtziki, E ^c   Budde, U ^d   Oyen, F ^e   Obser, T ^e   Schneppenheim, R ^e  

^a ARMED FORCES MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c Haemophilia Haemostasis Unit

^d Aesculabor Hamburg GmbH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gene conversion; Indians; Mutation; Type 3 VWD; Von Willebrand disease

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; EXON; FEMALE; GENE CONVERSION; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC SCREENING; GREECE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INDIAN; INTRON; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONSENSE MUTATION; NULL ALLELE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE; VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; GREECE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MUTATION; VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

EID: 48749111184     PISSN: 10799796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2008.03.004     Document Type: Article

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