Fibrinogen Leipzig II (γ351Gly→Ser and γ82Ala→Gly): Hypodysfibrinogenaemia due to two independent amino acid substitutions within the same polypeptide chain

Michael Meyer; Hermann Dietzel; Ralph Kaetzel; David Schmidt; Karin Liebscher; Stephen O. Brennan

doi:10.1160/TH07-02-0084

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

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

¹Department of Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Applied Sciences, Jena, Germany

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Hermann Dietzel

²Institute of Transfusion Medicine and Clinical Haemostasis, Hospital St. Georg, Leipzig, Germany

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Ralph Kaetzel

²Institute of Transfusion Medicine and Clinical Haemostasis, Hospital St. Georg, Leipzig, Germany

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David Schmidt

¹Department of Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Applied Sciences, Jena, Germany

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Karin Liebscher

²Institute of Transfusion Medicine and Clinical Haemostasis, Hospital St. Georg, Leipzig, Germany

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Stephen O. Brennan

³Molecular Pathology Laboratory, Canterbury Health Laboratories, Christchurch, New Zealand

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