Thromb Haemost 2002; 88(02): 357-360
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1613212
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11 Hemophilia A Patients without Mutations in the Factor VIII Encoding Gene

N. Klopp*
1   GSF-National Research Center for Environment and Health, Institute of Mammalian Genetics, Neuherberg, Germany
,
J. Oldenburg
2   Institute of Transfusion Medicine and Immune Haematology of the DRK Blood Donor Service, Frankfurt, Germany; and Hemophilia-Center and Institute of Transfusion Medicine, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
,
C. Uen
1   GSF-National Research Center for Environment and Health, Institute of Mammalian Genetics, Neuherberg, Germany
,
R. Schneppenheim
3   University Children’s Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Department of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology, Hamburg, Germany
,
J. Graw
1   GSF-National Research Center for Environment and Health, Institute of Mammalian Genetics, Neuherberg, Germany
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Publication History

Received 11 February 2002

Accepted after resubmission 22 April 2002

Publication Date:
07 December 2017 (online)

 

* Present address: GSF-National Research Center for Environment and Health, Institute of Epidemiology, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany


 
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