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Thromb Haemost 2001; 86(06): 1592-1593
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1616775
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Prevalence of Factor V Leiden and Prothrombin 20210A Mutations in Indigenous Australians

J. A. Bennett
1   Haematology Department, Western Australian Centre for Pathology and Medical Research (PathCentre), Australia
,
L. J. Palmer
2   Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women‘s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
,
A. W. Musk
3   Departments of Medicine and Public Health, University of Western Australia
4   Department of Respiratory Medicine, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Western Australia
,
W. N. Erber
1   Haematology Department, Western Australian Centre for Pathology and Medical Research (PathCentre), Australia
5   Department of Pathology, University of Western Australia
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Received 17. Juli 2001

Accepted 20. Juli 2001

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12. Dezember 2017 (online)

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