Recurrent Thrombosis in a Patient with Pseudohomozygous Activated Protein C Resistance and Homozygosity for MTHFR Gene Polymorphism C677T

Graham Standen; Colin Morse; Shazia Aslam; Ann Bowron

doi:10.1055/s-0037-1614546

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Inhaltsverzeichnis

Thromb Haemost 1999; 81(04): 663-664
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1614546

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Recurrent Thrombosis in a Patient with Pseudohomozygous Activated Protein C Resistance and Homozygosity for MTHFR Gene Polymorphism C677T

Graham Standen

¹From the Molecular Haematology Unit, Department of Haematology, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, UK

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Colin Morse

¹From the Molecular Haematology Unit, Department of Haematology, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, UK

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Shazia Aslam

¹From the Molecular Haematology Unit, Department of Haematology, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, UK

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Ann Bowron

²Department of Clinical Chemistry, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, UK

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