Fibrinogen Darlinghurst: Hypofibrinogenaemia caused by a W253G mutation in the gamma chain in a patient with both bleeding and thrombotic complications

Campbell R. Sheen; Joyce Low; Joanne Joseph; Eugene Kotlyar; Peter M. George; Stephen O. Brennan

doi:10.1160/TH06-08-0425

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Inhaltsverzeichnis

Thromb Haemost 2006; 96(05): 685-687
DOI: 10.1160/TH06-08-0425

Case Report

Schattauer GmbH

Fibrinogen Darlinghurst: Hypofibrinogenaemia caused by a W253G mutation in the gamma chain in a patient with both bleeding and thrombotic complications

Campbell R. Sheen

¹Molecular Pathology Laboratory, Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago, New Zealand

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Joyce Low

²Department Haematology, St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, Australia

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Joanne Joseph

²Department Haematology, St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, Australia

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Eugene Kotlyar

³Heart and Lung Transplant Unit, St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, Australia

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Peter M. George

¹Molecular Pathology Laboratory, Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago, New Zealand

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Stephen O. Brennan

¹Molecular Pathology Laboratory, Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago, New Zealand

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