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Identification of 123 previously unreported mutations in the F8 gene of Iranian patients with haemophilia A.
Haemophilia : the official journal of the World Federation of Hemophilia - 1 May 2012
Ravanbod S, Rassoulzadegan M, Rastegar-Lari G, Jazebi M, Enayat S, Ala F
Abstract excerpt
In Haemophilia A (HA), the deficiency in coagulation factor VIII is caused by mutations in the F8 gene. In the past, HA carrier detection in Iran used to be carried out by tracking polymorphic DNA markers - a technical strategy with poor efficacy and accuracy. For some 10 years, however, mutations have been identified by direct DNA sequencing at the Iranian Comprehensive Haemophilia Care Centre (ICHCC), resulting...
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