No Association between the R2 Factor V Gene and Acute Coronary Events

N. Ameziane; D. Lebret; A. Combe; M.-C. Aumont; D. de Prost

doi:10.1055/s-0037-1615628

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 2001; 85(03): 566-567
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1615628

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No Association between the R2 Factor V Gene and Acute Coronary Events

N. Ameziane

¹Service d’Hématologie et d’Immunologie, Hôpital Louis Mourier, Colombes

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D. Lebret

¹Service d’Hématologie et d’Immunologie, Hôpital Louis Mourier, Colombes

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A. Combe

¹Service d’Hématologie et d’Immunologie, Hôpital Louis Mourier, Colombes

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M.-C. Aumont

²Service de Cardiologie, Hôpital Bichat-Claude Bernard AP-HP, Paris, France

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D. de Prost

¹Service d’Hématologie et d’Immunologie, Hôpital Louis Mourier, Colombes

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