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Disruption of a C/EBP binding site in the factor IX promoter is associated with haemophilia B.
Nature - 31 May 1990
Crossley M, Brownlee G G
Abstract excerpt
Haemophilia B (or Christmas disease) is an inherited, X-linked bleeding disorder caused by mutations in the gene for clotting factor IX. There is a rare class of patients, exemplified by haemophilia B Leyden, who suffer from haemophilia B as children but improve after puberty. In these patients, plasma factor IX concentrations are less than 10% of normal during childhood, but after puberty they gradually rise to...
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