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Pseudo-exon activation caused by a deep-intronic mutation in the fibrinogen gamma-chain gene as a novel mechanism for congenital afibrinogenaemia.
British journal of haematology - 1 Oct 2007
Spena Silvia, Asselta Rosanna, Platé Manuela, Castaman Giancarlo, Duga Stefano, Tenchini Maria Luisa
Abstract excerpt
Congenital afibrinogenaemia, characterized by severe fibrinogen deficiency, is caused by mutations within FGA, FGB or FGG. Conventional sequencing of coding regions and splice signals of these three genes did not reveal any mutation in an afibrinogenaemic proband. After confirming disease co-segregation with the fibrinogen cluster, full intron sequencing was tackled leading to the identification of a novel...
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