Article
Genotype/phenotype correlations for coagulation factor XIII: specific normal polymorphisms are associated with high or low factor XIII specific activity.
Blood - 1 Feb 1999
Anwar R, Gallivan L, Edmonds S D, Markham A F
Abstract excerpt
Factor XIII is a transglutaminase essential for normal hemostasis. We have studied the plasma FXIII levels and FXIII activity in 71 individuals and found these to be normally distributed. FXIII specific activity is also normally distributed. However, we show that FXIII activity is not directly de...
Topics
- Abortion, Habitual
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Amino Acid Substitution
- England
- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
- Factor XIII
- Female
- Fibrin
- Gene Frequency
- Genotype
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Phenotype
- Point Mutation
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Pregnancy
