A Thai Patient with the Mutation of Arg306 of FV Gene Identical to the Hong Kong but not to the Cambridge Type

Thromb Haemost 1999; 82(05): 1553-1554
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1614870

Letters to the Editor

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Motofumi Hiyoshi

³From the Department of Laboratory Medicine, Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka, Japan

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Shigemi Hashimoto

³From the Department of Laboratory Medicine, Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka, Japan

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Shinichi Tagawa

³From the Department of Laboratory Medicine, Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka, Japan

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Pasra Arnutti

¹Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine, Pramongkutklao Hospital and College of Medicine, Bangkok, Thailand

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Wichai Prayoonwiwat

²Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine, Pramongkutklao Hospital and College of Medicine, Bangkok, Thailand

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Noriyuki Tatsumi

³From the Department of Laboratory Medicine, Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka, Japan

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