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Homozygous and compound-heterozygous type I plasminogen deficiency is a common cause of ligneous conjunctivitis.
Thrombosis and haemostasis - 1 Jun 2001
Schuster V, Zeitler P, Seregard S, Ozcelik U, Anadol D, Luchtman-Jones L, Meire F, Mingers A M, Schambeck C, Kreth H W
Abstract excerpt
Severe type I plasminogen deficiency has been recently linked to ligneous conjunctivitis, a rare and uncommon form of chronic conjunctivitis. In this study, eight unrelated ligneous conjunctivitis patients living in different parts of the world were examined. All affected subjects from which plasma was available displayed absent or markedly reduced plasminogen antigen and plasminogen functional activity....
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