Confirmation of inherited protein S deficiency by PROS1 mutational screening: Identification of three novel PROS1 mutations and haplotype analysis of p.Q279X recurrence

Begoña Hurtado; Nerea Abasolo; Pere Domènech-Santasusana; Pablo Fuentes-Prior; Pablo García de Frutos; Núria Sala

doi:10.1160/TH08-04-0211

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 2008; 100(04): 721-724
DOI: 10.1160/TH08-04-0211

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Confirmation of inherited protein S deficiency by PROS1 mutational screening: Identification of three novel PROS1 mutations and haplotype analysis of p.Q279X recurrence

Authors

Begoña Hurtado

¹Centre de Genètica Mèdica i Molecular, IDIBELL, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain

²Department of Cell Death and Proliferation, Institute for Biomedical Research of Barcelona, IIBB-CSIC-IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain

⁵Present address: Laboratori de Recerca Translacional, Institut Català d’Oncologia ICO-IDIBELL, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
Nerea Abasolo

¹Centre de Genètica Mèdica i Molecular, IDIBELL, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
Pere Domènech-Santasusana

³Unitat de Trombosi i Hemostàsia, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain
Pablo Fuentes-Prior

⁴Cardiovascular Research Center, CSIC-ICCC, Barcelona, Spain
Pablo García de Frutos

²Department of Cell Death and Proliferation, Institute for Biomedical Research of Barcelona, IIBB-CSIC-IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain
Núria Sala

¹Centre de Genètica Mèdica i Molecular, IDIBELL, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain

⁵Present address: Laboratori de Recerca Translacional, Institut Català d’Oncologia ICO-IDIBELL, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain

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