High Prevalence of Factor V R506Q Mutation in German Thrombophilic and Normal Population

Silke Ehrenforth; Birga Zwinge; Inge Scharrer

doi:10.1055/s-0037-1614966

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 1998; 79(03): 684-685
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1614966

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High Prevalence of Factor V R506Q Mutation in German Thrombophilic and Normal Population

Silke Ehrenforth

¹Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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Birga Zwinge

¹Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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Inge Scharrer

¹Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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