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Molecular characterization of 11 novel mutations in patients with heterozygous and homozygous FV deficiency.
Haemophilia : the official journal of the World Federation of Hemophilia - 1 Nov 2010
Cutler J A, Patel R, Rangarajan S, Tait R C, Mitchell M J
Abstract excerpt
Coagulation factor V (FV) has an important role in the blood coagulation cascade, in both the pro- and anticoagulant pathways. FV deficiency is a rare bleeding disorder with variable phenotypic expression. We report a cohort of 10 patients with mild-severe FV deficiency in whom a total of 11 novel mutations were identified. Three patients were compound heterozygous for two mutations, whereas each of the remaining...
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