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Two novel mutations in the prothrombin gene cause severe bleeding in a compound heterozygous patient.
Blood coagulation & fibrinolysis : an international journal in haemostasis and thrombosis - 1 Nov 1998
Poort S R, Njo K T, Vos H L, Bertina R M
Abstract excerpt
Hypoprothrombinemia is a rare hereditary coagulation defect characterized by low levels of biologically active prothrombin. In this paper we report the laboratory and genetic analysis of a patient with a severe hypoprothrombinemia and some of her relatives. Laboratory analysis showed very low levels of prothrombin antigen. Molecular analysis of the prothrombin genes of the patient resulted in the identification...
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