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Gamma G4-Globulin Antibody causing Inhibition of Clotting Factor VIII

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HAEMOPHILIA results from the absence of clotting factor VIII. The presence of a circulating inhibitor to factor VIII causes a disease which resembles haemophilia. Five patients with inhibitors shown to be γG-antibodies have been reported1–3.

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  1. BURTON R. ANDERSEN

    Present address: Department of Microbiology, Northwestern University School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois

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  1. Department of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, and Rochester General Hospital, Rochester, New York

    BURTON R. ANDERSEN

  2. Immunology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland

    WILLIAM D. TERRY

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ANDERSEN, B., TERRY, W. Gamma G4-Globulin Antibody causing Inhibition of Clotting Factor VIII. Nature 217, 174–175 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/217174a0

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