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The spectrum of the factor 8 (F8) defects in Taiwanese patients with haemophilia A.
Haemophilia : the official journal of the World Federation of Hemophilia - 1 Jul 2008
Ma G-C, Chang S-P, Chen M, Kuo S-J, Chang C-S, Shen M-C
Abstract excerpt
Haemophilia A (HA) is an X-linked recessive bleeding disorder caused by various types of pathological defects in the factor VIII gene (F8), which encodes coagulation factor VIII (FVIII). To date, several studies on the spectra of F8 defects have been performed in Western populations, but similar studies in Asian races are scarce. Here, we report the distribution of the mutations within the F8 gene in 31 Taiwanese...
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