Stroke and Platelet Glycoprotein Ibα Polymorphisms

Akira Sonoda; Mitsuru Murata; Yasuo Ikeda; Yasuo Fukuuchi; Kiyoaki Watanabe

doi:10.1055/s-0037-1615631

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Thromb Haemost 2001; 85(03): 573-574
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1615631

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Stroke and Platelet Glycoprotein Ibα Polymorphisms

Akira Sonoda

¹Departments of Laboratory Medicine

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Mitsuru Murata

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Yasuo Ikeda

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Yasuo Fukuuchi

³Neurology, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan

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Kiyoaki Watanabe

¹Departments of Laboratory Medicine

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