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Gene conversions are a common cause of von Willebrand disease.
British journal of haematology - 1 Sept 2005
Gupta P K, Adamtziki E, Budde U, Jaiprakash M, Kumar H, Harbeck-Seu A, Kannan M, Oyen F, Obser T, Wedekind I, Saxena R, Schneppenheim R
Abstract excerpt
von Willebrand disease (VWD), the most common inherited bleeding disorder, is very heterogeneous, both in its phenotype and genotype. One particular molecular mechanism of VWD is due to recombination events between the true gene and its pseudogene on chromosome 22. We assessed the frequency and extension of such events in 50 multi-ethnic index patients with severe VWD type 3 and in five index patients with VWD...
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