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Posted 10 February 2003 - 05:09 PM

How many people have Protein S Deficiency?

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Posted 10 February 2003 - 05:27 PM

Frequency of Inherited Disorders Database
at the Institute of Medical Genetics, University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff
http://archive.uwcm....k/uwcm/mg/fidd/
http://uwcmml1s.uwcm...ata/176860.html
http://www.ncbi.nlm..../dispmim?176880

Disease : Protein C & protein S deficiency, type I heterozygous
OMIM number : From 176860 to 176880
Body System : Haematological disorder
Type : I
Inheritance pattern : AD
Incidence/prevalence : P
Population surveyed : Germany (West, greater Frankfurt area)
Date of survey : -
Number of cases : -
Size of population surveyed : 1,000,000
Frequency figure (1 in ...) : From 20,000 to 25,000
Frequency figure for females : -
Method (direct/indirect) : I
Reference : Gladson CL, Scharrer I, Hach V, Beck KH, Griffin H. The frequency of type III with venous thrombosis. Thromb Haemost 1988;59(1):18-22.
Comments : The estimation of the symptomatic Type I deficiency was based on the frequency found among 141young patients with recurrent thrombosis.




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