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JOURNAL OF THROMBOSIS AND HAEMOSTASIS
Volume 1, Issue 3, Pages 573-575Publisher
BLACKWELL PUBL LTD
DOI: 10.1046/j.1538-7836.2003.00107.x
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Glanzmann thrombasthenia; polymorphisms; French gypsy mutation; HPA-1b alloantigen
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We have tested the DNA of a large series of Glanzmann thrombasthenia patients for polymorphisms in platelet membrane glycoproteins. To our surprise, we noted a high prevalence of the HPA-1b allele of beta3, the minority allele in a normal population. This proved to be due to the presence of nine patients homozygous for the so-called French gypsy mutation (IVS15[+1]G --> A) in alphaIIb. Seven of these patients were homozygous for the HPA-1b alloantigen and the other two heterozygous HPA-1a/1b. As the alphaIIb and beta3 genes are both on chromosome 17, it is highly probable that the French gypsy mutation first arose on a chromosome encoding HPA-1b. For other adhesion receptors, no major differences were seen in the distribution of the A1, A2 and A3 alleles in the alpha2 gene, or in the Kozak or HPA-2 polymorphisms of GPIbalpha, suggesting that none of these alleles result in increased survival in Glanzmann thrombasthenia.
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