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Molecular genetic analysis of severe protein C deficiency.
Human genetics - 1 Jun 2000
Millar D S, Johansen B, Berntorp E, Minford A, Bolton-Maggs P, Wensley R, Kakkar V, Schulman S, Torres A, Bosch N, Cooper D N
Abstract excerpt
Severe protein C deficiency is a rare, early onset, venous thrombotic condition that is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait. The protein C (PROC) genes of nine unrelated individuals with severe protein C deficiency were sequenced yielding a total of 13 different lesions. Eight of these were novel, including a gross gene deletion, three missense mutations, two micro-deletions, a splicing mutation and a...
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