Deficiencies of antithrombin, protein C and protein S - practical experience in genetic analysis of a large patient cohort

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 247-257

  Caspers, Michael ^a   Pavlova, Anna ^a   Driesen, Julia ^a   Harbrecht, Ursula ^a   Klamroth, Robert ^b   Kadar, Janos ^c   Fischer, Ronald ^d   Kemkes Matthes, Bettina ^d   Oldenburg, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^b Vivantes Klinikum in Friedrichhain   (Germany)

^c Laboratory and Medical practice for Transfusion Medicine   (Germany)

^d JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antithrombin; Genetic analysis; Protein C; Protein S; Thrombophilia

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBIN; PROTEIN C; PROTEIN S;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MISSENSE MUTATION; MULTIPLEX LIGATION DEPENDENT PROBE AMPLIFICATION; NONSENSE MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROC GENE; PROS1 GENE; SERPINC1 GENE; THROMBOPHILIA;

ANTITHROMBIN III; ANTITHROMBIN III DEFICIENCY; COHORT STUDIES; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN C; PROTEIN C DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN S; PROTEIN S DEFICIENCY; THROMBOPHILIA;

EID: 84864343510     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1160/TH11-12-0875     Document Type: Article

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