Article
Double heterozygosity for mutations in the platelet glycoprotein IX gene in three siblings with Bernard-Soulier syndrome.
Blood - 1 May 1993
Wright S D, Michaelides K, Johnson D J, West N C, Tuddenham E G
Abstract excerpt
Bernard-Soulier syndrome (BSS) giant platelets have defective and/or deficient glycoprotein (GP) Ib/IX complexes, causing absent ristocetin-induced aggregation, defective interaction with von Willebrand factor, morphologic abnormality, and a clinical bleeding tendency. Recently several mutations...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Base Sequence
- Bernard-Soulier Syndrome
- DNA
- Female
- Genetic Carrier Screening
- Humans
- Introns
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
