Molecular basis of quantitative fibrinogen disorders in 27 patients from <scp>I</scp>ndia

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Congenital fibrinogen deficiency is an extremely rare (1:1 000 000) hereditary bleeding disorder caused by defects in genes coding for fibrinogen Aα-, Bβ- and γ-chains, respectively. We report here the molecular basis of fibrinogen deficiency in a large series of patients from India. Twenty-seven patients with clinical features suggestive of fibrinogen deficiency and with prolonged plasma clotting times and low...

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