Congenital afibrinogenemia: identification and expression of a missense mutation in FGB impairing fibrinogen secretion

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Congenital afibrinogenemia is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by complete absence of detectable fibrinogen. We previously identified the first causative mutations for this disease: a homozygous deletion of approximately 11 kb of the fibrinogen alpha-chain gene (FGA). Subsequent studies revealed that the great majority of afibrinogenemia mutations are localized in FGA, but mutations were also...

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