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Spectrum of factor XI (F11) mutations in the UK population--116 index cases and 140 mutations.
Human mutation - 1 Aug 2006
Mitchell Michael, Mountford Roger, Butler Rachel, Alhaq Anwar, Dai Letian, Savidge Geoffrey, Bolton-Maggs Paula H B
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Factor XI deficiency is an autosomal bleeding disorder of variable severity. It is particularly common in the Ashkenazi Jewish population, the result of two founder mutations - E117X and F283L. Recent studies have shown the causative mutations of Factor XI deficiency, outside the Ashkenazi Jewish population, to be highly heterogeneous. We have studied 116 index cases, mostly from an ethnically diverse UK...
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