Thromb Haemost 1998; 80(06): 1027-1028
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1615406
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Homozygous G20210A Transition in the Prothrombin Gene Associated with Severe Venous Thrombotic Disease: Two Cases in a French Family

Christophe Zawadzki
1   Laboratoire d’Hématologie, Hôpital Cardiologique, Centre Hospitalier Régional et Universitaire, Lille, France
,
Valérie Gaveriaux
1   Laboratoire d’Hématologie, Hôpital Cardiologique, Centre Hospitalier Régional et Universitaire, Lille, France
,
Nathalie Trillot
1   Laboratoire d’Hématologie, Hôpital Cardiologique, Centre Hospitalier Régional et Universitaire, Lille, France
,
Anne Bauters
1   Laboratoire d’Hématologie, Hôpital Cardiologique, Centre Hospitalier Régional et Universitaire, Lille, France
,
Annie Watel
1   Laboratoire d’Hématologie, Hôpital Cardiologique, Centre Hospitalier Régional et Universitaire, Lille, France
,
Martine Alhenc-Gelas
2   Unité INSERM 428, Hôpital Broussais, Paris, France
,
Claude Preudhomme
1   Laboratoire d’Hématologie, Hôpital Cardiologique, Centre Hospitalier Régional et Universitaire, Lille, France
,
Brigitte Jude
1   Laboratoire d’Hématologie, Hôpital Cardiologique, Centre Hospitalier Régional et Universitaire, Lille, France
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Received 15. April 1998

Accepted after revision 14. August 1998

Publikationsdatum:
07. Dezember 2017 (online)

 

 
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