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A 12.3-kb Duplication Within the VWF Gene in Pigs Affected by Von Willebrand Disease Type 3.
G3 (Bethesda, Md.) - 2 Feb 2018
Lehner Stefanie, Ekhlasi-Hundrieser Mahnaz, Detering Carsten, Allerkamp Hanna, Pfarrer Christiane, von Depka Prondzinski Mario
Abstract excerpt
Von Willebrand Disease (VWD) type 3 is a serious and sometimes fatal hereditary bleeding disorder. In pigs, the disease has been known for decades, and affected animals are used as models for the human disease. Due to the recessive mode of inheritance of VWD type 3, severe bleeding is typically seen in homozygous individuals. We sequenced the complete porcine VWF (Von Willebrand Factor) complementary DNA (cDNA)...
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