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Characterization of a novel autosomal dominant bleeding disorder in a large kindred from east Texas.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  11238089     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
A large east Texas family with autosomal dominant inheritance of a novel bleeding disorder has been identified. The disorder is characterized clinically by easy bruising, life-threatening bleeding with trauma or surgery, and menorrhagia in affected women. Laboratory studies demonstrated prolongation of the prothrombin time and activated partial thromboplastin time in affected individuals. Paradoxically, assays of known coagulation factors are all within normal limits. To determine the molecular basis of this disease, a candidate gene linkage analysis in this kindred was done. Initially it was hypothesized that the cause of the disease in this family could be an antithrombin III (AT3) mutation that resulted in a constitutively active AT3 in the absence of heparin binding. Linkage studies using DNA from the family and an intragenic polymorphic marker within the AT3 gene showed that the disease mapped to this locus. The coding region and intron/exon junctions of AT3 were sequenced using the proband's DNA, but this analysis failed to identify a mutation. Additional family members were recruited for the study, and 16 polymorphic markers around the AT3 gene were analyzed. Using 2 recombinants, the critical interval for the defective gene was narrowed to approximately 1.5 Mb, centromeric to AT3. The factor V (FV) gene was mapped into the disease interval and sequenced; there were no mutations found. Elucidation of the genetic defect causing the bleeding disorder in this family may reveal a novel protein involved in the coagulation cascade.
Authors:
S Q Kuang; S Hasham; M D Phillips; D Wolf; Y Wan; P Thiagarajan; D M Milewicz
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Case Reports; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Blood     Volume:  97     ISSN:  0006-4971     ISO Abbreviation:  Blood     Publication Date:  2001 Mar 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2001-03-12     Completed Date:  2001-04-26     Revised Date:  2007-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7603509     Medline TA:  Blood     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1549-54     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas-Houston Medical School, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Antithrombin III / genetics
Blood Coagulation Factors
Blood Coagulation Tests
Chromosome Mapping / methods
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1 / genetics
Factor V / genetics
Family Health
Female
Genes, Dominant / genetics*
Genetic Markers
Haplotypes
Hemorrhage / epidemiology,  etiology,  genetics*
Humans
Linkage (Genetics)
Male
Mutation
Pedigree
Texas / epidemiology
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
M01-RR02558/RR/NCRR NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Blood Coagulation Factors; 0/Genetic Markers; 9000-94-6/Antithrombin III; 9001-24-5/Factor V

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