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WAG-F8(m1Ycb) rats harboring a factor VIII gene mutation provide a new animal model for hemophilia A.
Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH - 1 Nov 2010
Booth C J, Brooks M B, Rockwell S, Murphy J W, Rinder H M, Zelterman D, Paidas M J, Compton S R, Marks P W
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BACKGROUND: We recently described an inherited coagulopathy arising in an inbred colony of WAG/RijYcb rats. The bleeding phenotype, demonstrated by both male and female rats, included periarticular hemorrhage, spontaneous bruising, prolonged bleeding from minor wounds and maternal peripartum deaths. Coagulation testing of affected rats revealed normal prothrombin time but prolongation of activated partial...
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