DIAGNOSIS OF ABNORMAL BLOOD CONDITIONS BASED ON POLYMORPHISMS IN THE GLYCOPROTEIN VI GENE

摘要

Methods of diagnosis of abnormal blood conditions associated with an increas ed risk of bleeding are described. Subjects homozygous or heterozygous for the GPVIb allele are at considered to be at increased risk of bleeding. Kits for carrying out the methods of diagnosis, and use of the methods and kits for determining the GPVI allelotype of subjects in need of surgery, with a low platelet count, with an acquired bleeding disorder, on blood thinning drugs, or of blood donors is also described.