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Single amino acid mutation of Fc gamma receptor is associated with the development of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia.
British journal of haematology - 1 Nov 1995
Burgess J K, Lindeman R, Chesterman C N, Chong B H
Abstract excerpt
Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is mediated by a heparin-dependent antibody/platelet factor 4/heparin complex binding to platelets via the Fc gamma receptor (type IIA). A single base polymorphism at position 131 of Fc gamma RIIA changes the native arginine to histidine. In the presence of...
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