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Thromb Haemost 2007; 98(04): 903-905
DOI: 10.1160/TH07-02-0084
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Fibrinogen Leipzig II (γ351Gly→Ser and γ82Ala→Gly): Hypodysfibrinogenaemia due to two independent amino acid substitutions within the same polypeptide chain

Michael Meyer
1   Department of Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Applied Sciences, Jena, Germany
,
Hermann Dietzel
2   Institute of Transfusion Medicine and Clinical Haemostasis, Hospital St. Georg, Leipzig, Germany
,
Ralph Kaetzel
2   Institute of Transfusion Medicine and Clinical Haemostasis, Hospital St. Georg, Leipzig, Germany
,
David Schmidt
1   Department of Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Applied Sciences, Jena, Germany
,
Karin Liebscher
2   Institute of Transfusion Medicine and Clinical Haemostasis, Hospital St. Georg, Leipzig, Germany
,
Stephen O. Brennan
3   Molecular Pathology Laboratory, Canterbury Health Laboratories, Christchurch, New Zealand
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Received 04 February 2007

Accepted after resubmission 19 June 2007

Publication Date:
01 December 2017 (online)

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