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Association between Genetic Polymorphism and Risk of von Willebrand Disease in Pakistan.
BioMed research international - 1 Jan 2017
Arshad Najma, Nawaz Syed Kashif, Iqbal Riffat, Arshad Muhammad, Musheer Farhana, Naz Amber, Mushtaq Iqra, Jaleel Sara
Abstract excerpt
von Willebrand disease (VWD) is an inherited, genetically and clinically heterogeneous hemorrhagic disorder. The most common cause of this disease is mutation in the gene that encodes protein von Willebrand factor (VWF) which is responsible for blood clotting. The current study was designed to investigate the role of genetic polymorphisms with the onset of VWD in population of Pakistan. Three exonic variants...
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