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Symptomatic type II protein C deficiency caused by a missense mutation (Gly 381-->Ser) in the substrate-binding pocket.
British journal of haematology - 1 Jun 1993
Marchetti G, Patracchini P, Gemmati D, Castaman G, Rodeghiero F, Wacey A, Cooper D N, Tuddenham E G, Bernardi F
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A patient with recurrent deep vein thrombosis and heterozygous type II deficiency, characterized by reduced protein C activity in both amidolytic and clotting functional assays, was investigated by direct sequencing of PCR fragments derived from the coding portion of the protein C gene. AG (8856) to A transition was noted in the patient which was not present in healthy controls. This mutation is predicted to...
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