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Factor VIII gene variants and inhibitor risk in African American hemophilia A patients.
Blood - 13 Aug 2015
Gunasekera Devi, Ettinger Ruth A, Nakaya Fletcher Shelley, James Eddie A, Liu Maochang, Barrett John C, Withycombe Janice, Matthews Dana C, Epstein Melinda S, Hughes Richard J, Pratt Kathleen P
Abstract excerpt
African American hemophilia A (HA) patients experience a higher incidence of neutralizing anti-factor VIII (FVIII) antibodies ("inhibitors") vis-à-vis white patients. Nonsynonymous single-nucleotide polymorphisms (ns-SNPs) in the F8 gene encoding FVIII-H484, FVIII-E1241, and FVIII-V2238 are more...
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