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BRITISH JOURNAL OF HAEMATOLOGY
卷 130, 期 5, 页码 752-758出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2005.05660.x
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gene conversion; type 3 von Willebrand disease; type 2M Vicenza; type 213 New York/Malmoe
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von Willebrand disease (VWD), the most common inherited bleeding disorder, is very heterogeneous, both in its phenotype and genotype. One particular molecular mechanism of VWD is due to recombination events between the true gene and its pseudogene on chromosome 22. We assessed the frequency and extension of such events in 50 multi-ethnic index patients with severe VWD type 3 and in five index patients with VWD type 2M Vicenza. One additional unclassified patient had been diagnosed with possible VWD in Russia solely on a clinical basis. Gene conversions, previously thought to be rare events, were identified in >10% of our study population: in six multi-ethnic patients with severe VWD type 3, in one patient with VWD type 2M Vicenza and the Russian patient was finally diagnosed with VWD type 213 New York/Malmoe. Our results suggest a significant contribution of this particular molecular mechanism to the manifestation of VWD. The location of the gene conversions, their extension and their occurrence as homozygous, compound heterozygous or heterozygous mutations determines the resulting phenotype.
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