Improved Method for Factor V Leiden Typing by PCR-SSP

Thromb Haemost 1996; 75(03): 520
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1650308

Letters to the Editor

Schattauer GmbH Stuttgart

Daniel B Bellissimo

¹The Blood Center of Southeastern Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

,

Nancy E Kirschbaum

¹The Blood Center of Southeastern Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

,

Paul A Foster

¹The Blood Center of Southeastern Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

²The Blood Research Institute of the Blood Center of Southeastern Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

³The Departments of Medicine, Pathology and Pediatrics of the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

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