The Incidence of Factor V Leiden in a Normal Irish Population and Its Relationship to the Laboratory Diagnosis of APC Resistance

Joseph Vaughan; Cariosa Power; Catherine Nolan; Don McCarthy; Ivan Shirley

doi:10.1055/s-0037-1614545

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 1999; 81(04): 661-663
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1614545

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The Incidence of Factor V Leiden in a Normal Irish Population and Its Relationship to the Laboratory Diagnosis of APC Resistance

Authors

Joseph Vaughan

¹Dept. of Biological Sciences, Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin, Ireland
Cariosa Power

²Dept. of Haematology, St. Vincents Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
Catherine Nolan

¹Dept. of Biological Sciences, Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin, Ireland
Don McCarthy

²Dept. of Haematology, St. Vincents Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
Ivan Shirley

²Dept. of Haematology, St. Vincents Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

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