Thromb Haemost 1999; 81(01): 162-163
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1614436
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Simultaneous Genotyping for Factor V Leiden and Prothrombin G20210A Variant by a Multiplex PCR-SSCP Assay on Whole Blood

Michael Meyer
1   Faculty of Medical Engineering, University of Applied Sciences (FH) Jena
,
Gerlinde Kutscher
1   Faculty of Medical Engineering, University of Applied Sciences (FH) Jena
,
Günther Vogel
2   Center for Vascular Biology and Medicine, Faculty of Medicine of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Erfurt, Germany
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Publication History

Received07 August 1998

Accepted after revision22 September 1998

Publication Date:
08 December 2017 (online)

 

 
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