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Unusual A alpha 16Arg-->Cys dysfibrinogenaemic family: absence of normal A alpha-chains in fibrinogen from two of four heterozygous siblings.
Blood coagulation & fibrinolysis : an international journal in haemostasis and thrombosis - 1 Feb 1993
Galanakis D, Spitzer S, Scharrer I
Abstract excerpt
We describe studies of fibrinogen from an asymptomatic family, Fibrinogen Frankfurt XIII, with the substitution A alpha 16Arg-->Cys. The mother's fibrinogen was normal as assessed by plasma fibrinogen assays but the father and four children were affected. Two affected siblings and their father had thrombin times approximately 20 s longer than controls, fibrinogen of 35-52 mg/dl by clotting assay and normal levels...
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