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The genetic defect in two well-studied cases of Bernard-Soulier syndrome: a point mutation in the fifth leucine-rich repeat of platelet glycoprotein Ib alpha.
Blood - 15 Nov 1995
Li C, Martin S E, Roth G J
Abstract excerpt
Bernard-Soulier syndrome (B-Ss) is a rare congenital bleeding disorder caused by abnormal giant platelets, thrombocytopenia, and defective glycoprotein (GP) Ib-V-IX, the adhesion receptor for von Willebrand factor (vWF). This report describes the molecular defect in two related individuals with well-established B-Ss whose platelets exhibit decreased GPIb-IX and normal GPV on their surfaces. The GPIb-V-IX genes of...
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