A Hypothesis to Explain the Reported Association of the α-fibrinogen A312 Allele with Thromboembolic Disease

Thromb Haemost 2001; 85(06): 1122-1123
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1615977

Letters to the Editor

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J. M. Curran

¹Nuffield Dept Surgery, University of Oxford, UK

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K. Fatah-Ardalani

³Dept Surgical Sciences/Blood Coagulation Research, Karolinska Institutet/Hospital, Sweden

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P. Tornvall

⁴Atherosclerosis Research Unit, King Gustaf V Research Inst, Dept Medicine, Karolinska Institutet/Hospital, Sweden

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S. E. Humphries

⁵Division of Cardiovascular Genetics, Dept Medicine, University College London Medical School, UK

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F. R. Green

²Dept Cardiovascular Medicine (formerly of Nuffield Dept Surgery), University of Oxford, UK

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