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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 murine monoclonal IgG1 the former phenotype (Fc gamma RIIAArg131) is functionally characterized by strong platelet...
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