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Thromb Haemost 2012; 107(05): 1003-1005
DOI: 10.1160/TH11-11-0799
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The homozygous p.C1024R-ADAMTS13 gene mutation links to a late-onset phenotype of Upshaw-Schulman syndrome in Japan

Fumihiro Taguchi
1   Department of Hematology, Iizuka Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan
,
Hideo Yagi
2   Department of Blood Transfusion Medicine, Nara Medical University, Nara, Japan
,
Masanori Matsumoto
2   Department of Blood Transfusion Medicine, Nara Medical University, Nara, Japan
,
Shingo Sadamura
3   Department of Internal medicine, Social Insurance Inatsuki Hospital, Nara, Japan
,
Ayami Isonishi
2   Department of Blood Transfusion Medicine, Nara Medical University, Nara, Japan
,
Kenji Soejima
4   Chemo-Thero-Therapeutic Institute, Kumamoto, Japan
,
Yoshihiro Fujimura
2   Department of Blood Transfusion Medicine, Nara Medical University, Nara, Japan
› Author Affiliations Financial support: This work was supported in part by research grants fro the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare of Japan an the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan.
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Received: 16 November 2011

Accepted after minor revision: 05 January 2011

Publication Date:
25 November 2017 (online)

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