Unique heterozygous intron 22 inversion band pattern in a haemophilic male detected by long polymerase chain reaction (PCR)

Bimal D. M. Theophilus; Mohammed S. Enayat; Peter M. Green; Jonathan T. Wilde; Frank G. H. Hill

doi:10.1160/TH07-12-0731

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Thromb Haemost 2008; 99(04): 774-775
DOI: 10.1160/TH07-12-0731

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Unique heterozygous intron 22 inversion band pattern in a haemophilic male detected by long polymerase chain reaction (PCR)

Authors

Bimal D. M. Theophilus

¹Molecular Haemostasis Laboratory, Department of Haematology, The Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK
Mohammed S. Enayat

¹Molecular Haemostasis Laboratory, Department of Haematology, The Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK
Peter M. Green

²Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Kings College School of Medicine, London, UK
Jonathan T. Wilde

³Department of Haematology, The University Hospital NHS Trust, Birmingham, UK
Frank G. H. Hill

¹Molecular Haemostasis Laboratory, Department of Haematology, The Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK

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