Fibrinogen Montreal: A novel missense mutation (Aα D496N) associated with hypofibrinogenaemia

Campbell R. Sheen; Stephen O. Brennan; Nada Jabado; Peter M. George

doi:10.1160/TH06-04-0196

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 2006; 96(02): 231-232
DOI: 10.1160/TH06-04-0196

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Fibrinogen Montreal: A novel missense mutation (Aα D496N) associated with hypofibrinogenaemia

Authors

Campbell R. Sheen

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

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

²Department of Pediatrics, Montreal Children’s Hospital, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Peter M. George

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

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