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Next generation FIX muteins with FVIII-independent activity for alternative treatment of hemophilia A.
Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH - 1 Nov 2014
Quade-Lyssy P, Abriss D, Milanov P, Ungerer C, Königs C, Seifried E, Schüttrumpf J
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BACKGROUND: FVIII neutralizing antibodies are the main complication of substitution therapy in hemophilia A (HA); auto-antibodies against FVIII causing acquired HA can also occur. Treatment of inhibitor patients remains challenging because prophylactic treatment with existing FVIII bypassing agents, all based on constitutively active coagulation factors, is difficult due to their short half-life. OBJECTIVES: To...
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