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Frameshift mutations with severe and moderate clinical phenotypes in Thai hemophilia A patients.
Human mutation - 1 Dec 2000
Akkarapatumwong V, Intorasoot S, Oranwiroon S, Thano-Otarakul P, Pung-Amritt P, Veerakul G, Mahasandana C, Panyim S, Yenchitsomanus P
Abstract excerpt
Six frameshift mutations in exon 14 of the factor VIII gene were identified in Thai hemophilia A patients. Although all these mutations created premature stop codons and expected to cause severe disease, the molecular defects and clinical severity were in discrepancy in some patients. Four mutations (delT3490, delACAC3618-21, delGA4429-30, and delA4658) were found in the patients with the severe clinical...
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