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Two homozygous missense mutations in ITGB3 gene as a cause of Glanzmann Thrombasthenia in four consanguineous Pakistani pedigrees.
International journal of laboratory hematology - 1 Oct 2020
Ali Tooba, Gul Saira, Amar Ali, Shakoor Madiha, Farhan Saima, Mohsin Shahida, Khaliq Shagufta
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INTRODUCTION: Glanzmann thrombasthenia (GT) is most common of inherited platelet disorders, resulting from quantitative/qualitative defects in platelet surface integrin αIIbβ3, encoded by ITGA2B and ITGB3 genes. Little is known about clinical and molecular characteristics of GT patients from highly consanguineous Pakistani population. METHODS: This study analyzed the clinical and molecular spectrum of six GT...
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