Haematologica, Vol 90, Issue 3, 418-419
Copyright © 2005 by Ferrata Storti Foundation
Homozygosity for a Thr575Met missense mutation in the catalytic domain associated with factor XI deficiency
M Germanos-Haddad,
P de Moerloose,
F Boehlen,
F Peyvandi,
and
M Neerman-Arbez
In this study we investigated an asymptomatic 55-year-old Lebanese woman with factor XI deficiency. The F11 gene was analyzed and a cross reacting material positive (CRM+) variant, Thr575Met, was identified in homozygosity in the proband, and in heterozygosity in four of her siblings.