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Influence of single nucleotide polymorphisms in factor VIII and von Willebrand factor genes on plasma factor VIII activity: the ARIC Study.
Blood - 23 Feb 2012
Campos Marco, Buchanan Ashley, Yu Fuli, Barbalic Maja, Xiao Yang, Chambless Lloyd E, Wu Kenneth K, Folsom Aaron R, Boerwinkle Eric, Dong Jing-fei
Abstract excerpt
Factor VIII (FVIII) functions as a cofactor for factor IXa in the contact coagulation pathway and circulates in a protective complex with von Willebrand factor (VWF). Plasma FVIII activity is strongly influenced by environmental and genetic factors through VWF-dependent and -independent mechanisms. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of the coding and promoter sequence in the FVIII gene have been extensively...
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