Factor V Leiden Mutation in the Argentinian Population

Thromb Haemost 1999; 81(06): 989
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1614611

Letters to the Editor

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M. Hepner

¹From the Dept. of Haematology/Oncology, Hospital de Pediatria, Prof. Dr. J. P. Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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A. Roldan

¹From the Dept. of Haematology/Oncology, Hospital de Pediatria, Prof. Dr. J. P. Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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G. Pieroni

¹From the Dept. of Haematology/Oncology, Hospital de Pediatria, Prof. Dr. J. P. Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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J. P. Frontroth

¹From the Dept. of Haematology/Oncology, Hospital de Pediatria, Prof. Dr. J. P. Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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R. M. Serviddio

¹From the Dept. of Haematology/Oncology, Hospital de Pediatria, Prof. Dr. J. P. Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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A. Feliú Torres

¹From the Dept. of Haematology/Oncology, Hospital de Pediatria, Prof. Dr. J. P. Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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G. Sciuccati

¹From the Dept. of Haematology/Oncology, Hospital de Pediatria, Prof. Dr. J. P. Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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M. Bonduel

¹From the Dept. of Haematology/Oncology, Hospital de Pediatria, Prof. Dr. J. P. Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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