Mutation of the translation initiation codon in FGA causes congenital afibrinogenemia

Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 556-558

  Tirefort, Yordanka ^a   Alson, Olivat Rakoto ^b   De Moerloose, Philippe ^a   Neerman Arbez, Marguerite ^a,c  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

fibrinogen; mutation identification; translation initiation codon

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; GENOMIC DNA;

AFIBRINOGENEMIA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXON; FGA GENE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE; HEMARTHROSIS; HEMATOMA; HEMOPTYSIS; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MADAGASCAR; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SCHOOL CHILD; THROMBIN TIME; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

AFIBRINOGENEMIA; ARTHRALGIA; CHILD; CODON, INITIATOR; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EXONS; FIBRINOGEN; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PEDIGREE;

EID: 84865472711     PISSN: 09575235     EISSN: 14735733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MBC.0b013e328355a76e     Document Type: Article

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