Common variants in the thrombomodulin gene as a risk for myocardial infarction in the north of Europe (HIFMECH Study)

Constantine Konstantoulas; Emma Hawe; Naomi Saut; John S. Yudkin; Giovanni di Minno; Maurizio Margaglione; Anders Hamsten; Steve E. Humphries; Irene Juhan-Vague; Helen Ireland; behalf of the HIFMECH Study Group

doi:10.1055/s-0037-1614288

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Thromb Haemost 2004; 91(03): 628-630
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1614288

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Common variants in the thrombomodulin gene as a risk for myocardial infarction in the north of Europe (HIFMECH Study)

Constantine Konstantoulas

,

Emma Hawe

,

Naomi Saut

,

John S. Yudkin

,

Giovanni di Minno

,

Maurizio Margaglione

,

Anders Hamsten

,

Steve E. Humphries

,

Irene Juhan-Vague

,

Helen Ireland

,

behalf of the HIFMECH Study Group

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