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Haemophilia B caused by a point mutation in a donor splice junction of the human factor IX gene.
Nature - 1 Jan 2000
Rees D J, Rizza C R, Brownlee G G
Abstract excerpt
Haemophilia B (Christmas disease) is an inherited, recessive, sex-linked, haemorrhagic condition caused by a defect in the intrinsic clotting factor IX. This disease occurs in males at a frequency of approximately 1 in 30,000. Patients differ in the severity of their clinical symptoms, and variation in the clotting activity and in the concentration of factor IX antigen in their plasma has been demonstrated. There...
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