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SUBMITTER: Lecchi A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5099093 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lecchi Anna A Femia Eti A EA Paoletta Silvia S Dupuis Arnaud A Ohlmann Philippe P Gachet Christian C Jacobson Kenneth A KA Machura Katharina K Podda Gian M GM Zieger Barbara B Cattaneo Marco M
Hamostaseologie 20160804 4
The platelet adenosine 5'-diphosphate (ADP) receptor P2Y<sub>12</sub> (P2Y<sub>12</sub>R) plays a critical role in platelet aggregation. The present report illustrates an update of dysfunctional platelet P2Y<sub>12</sub>R mutations diagnosed with congenital lifelong bleeding problems. Described patients with heterozygous or homozygous substitution in the P2Y<sub>12</sub>R gene and qualitative abnormalities of the platelet P2Y<sub>12</sub>R are summarized. Recently, a further dysfunctional varian ...[more]