Identification of Novel Polymorphisms within the Protein Z Gene, Haplotype Distribution and Linkage Analysis

Thromb Haemost 2001; 85(06): 1123-1124
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1615978

Letters to the Editor

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Gillian I. Rice

¹Academic Unit of Molecular Vascular Medicine, Division of Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

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T. Simon Futers

¹Academic Unit of Molecular Vascular Medicine, Division of Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

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Peter J. Grant

¹Academic Unit of Molecular Vascular Medicine, Division of Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

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