Prevalence of the 677C to T Mutation in the Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase Gene in Italian Patients with Venous Thrombotic Disease

Valerio De Stefano; Patrizia Chiusolo; Katia Paciaroni; Fabio G. Serra; Maria Teresa Voso; Ida Casorelli; Elena Rossi; Giuseppe Leone

doi:10.1055/s-0037-1614968

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Inhaltsverzeichnis

Thromb Haemost 1998; 79(03): 686-687
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1614968

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Prevalence of the 677C to T Mutation in the Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase Gene in Italian Patients with Venous Thrombotic Disease

Valerio De Stefano

¹Department of Hematology and the Department of Pathology, Catholic University, Rome, Italy

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Patrizia Chiusolo

¹Department of Hematology and the Department of Pathology, Catholic University, Rome, Italy

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Katia Paciaroni

¹Department of Hematology and the Department of Pathology, Catholic University, Rome, Italy

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Fabio G. Serra

¹Department of Hematology and the Department of Pathology, Catholic University, Rome, Italy

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Maria Teresa Voso

¹Department of Hematology and the Department of Pathology, Catholic University, Rome, Italy

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Ida Casorelli

¹Department of Hematology and the Department of Pathology, Catholic University, Rome, Italy

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Elena Rossi

¹Department of Hematology and the Department of Pathology, Catholic University, Rome, Italy

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Giuseppe Leone

¹Department of Hematology and the Department of Pathology, Catholic University, Rome, Italy

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