An Alu-mediated 31.5-kb deletion as the cause of factor XI deficiency in 2 unrelated patients

Blood

Volumn 104, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 2394-2396

  Mitchell, Michael ^a   Dai, Letian ^a   Savidge, Geoffrey ^a   Alhaq, Anwar ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 11;

ALLELE; ALU GENE; ARTICLE; ASHKENAZI JEW; AUTOSOMAL DISORDER; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 11 DEFICIENCY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOIDY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FACTOR 11 GENE; GENE; GENE DELETION; HAPLOIDY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INHERITANCE; JEW; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 4944221562     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2004-04-1318     Document Type: Article

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