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Phenotype and genotype expression in pseudohomozygous factor VLEIDEN : the need for phenotype analysis.
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology - 1 Feb 1999
Kalafatis M, Bernardi F, Simioni P, Lunghi B, Girolami A, Mann K G
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The presence of a DNA mutation is frequently used to define a disease or a risk state. Because DNA typing has become easy and convenient in contrast to protein characterization, it is generally assumed that a mutation if present (or not) at the DNA level will be also present (or not) in the corresponding protein. However, discrepancies between phenotype and genotype can occur. A point mutation in the coagulation...
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