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Genetic analysis in Factor XI deficient patients from central China: identification of one novel and seven recurrent mutations.
Gene - 25 Apr 2015
Liu Hui, Wang Hua-Fang, Tang Liang, Yang Yan, Wang Qing-Yun, Zeng Wei, Wu Ying-Ying, Cheng Zhi-Peng, Hu Bei, Guo Tao, Hu Yu
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Factor XI (FXI) deficiency is a rare bleeding disorder with a range of manifestations from asymptomatic to trauma related bleeding. To identify mutations in FXI-deficient patients and characterize the phenotype-genotype relationship, we studied six patients and their 18 family members in central China. Five patients were identified by presurgical or routine laboratory screening but had no bleeding symptoms. Only...
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