Prevalence of the Prothrombin Gene 20210A Mutation in Thrombophilic and Healthy Algerian Subjects

Dominique Helley; Ouerdia Chafa; Najat Leila Yaker; Abderrezak Reghis; Anne-Marie Fischer

doi:10.1055/s-0037-1614871

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Thromb Haemost 1999; 82(05): 1554-1555
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1614871

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Prevalence of the Prothrombin Gene 20210A Mutation in Thrombophilic and Healthy Algerian Subjects

Dominique Helley

¹From Laboratoire Central d’Hématologie, Hôpital Laennec, and INSERM U428, Paris, France

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Ouerdia Chafa

²Centre d’Hémobiologie-Transfusion, C.H.U. Alger Centre, Algérie

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Najat Leila Yaker

²Centre d’Hémobiologie-Transfusion, C.H.U. Alger Centre, Algérie

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Abderrezak Reghis

²Centre d’Hémobiologie-Transfusion, C.H.U. Alger Centre, Algérie

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Anne-Marie Fischer

¹From Laboratoire Central d’Hématologie, Hôpital Laennec, and INSERM U428, Paris, France

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