Polymorphisms and mutations of ADAMTS13 in the Japanese population and estimation of the number of patients with Upshaw-Schulman syndrome

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1654-1656

  Kokame, Koichi ^a   Kokubo, Y ^a   Miyata, T ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR CLEAVING PROTEINASE;

AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; JAPANESE; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYNDROME; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; UPSHAW SCHULMAN SYNDROME;

ADAM PROTEINS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; JAPAN; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PURPURA, THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 80051590576     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2011.04399.x     Document Type: Letter

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