Hemophilia B: molecular pathogenesis and mutation analysis.

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Hemophilia B is an X-chromosome-linked inherited bleeding disorder primarily affecting males, but those carrier females with reduced factor IX activity (FIX:C) levels may also experience some bleeding. Genetic analysis has been undertaken for hemophilia B since the mid-1980s, through linkage analysis to track inheritance of an affected allele, and to enable determination of the familial mutation. Mutation...

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