An Additional Unique Candidate Mutation (G2470A; M740I) in the Original Families with von Willebrand Disease Type 2 M Vicenza and the G3864A (R1205H) Mutation

Thromb Haemost 2000; 84(02): 350-351
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1614019

Letters to the Editor

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G. Castaman

³From the Department of Hematology, San Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, Italy

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E. Missiaglia

³From the Department of Hematology, San Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, Italy

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A. B. Federici

¹A. Bianchi Bonomi Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center, IRCCS Maggiore Hospital, University of Milan, Italy

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R. Schneppenheim

²Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, University Children’s Hospital, Hamburg, Germany

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F. Rodeghiero

³From the Department of Hematology, San Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, Italy

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