Detection of the Factor V Leiden Using SSCP

Thromb Haemost 1996; 76(05): 814-815
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1650666

Letters to the Editor

Schattauer GmbH Stuttgart

Authors

M Margaglione

The Unit of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis, IRCCS “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza”, S. Giovanni Rotondo, and Instituteof Geriatrics, University of Palermo, Italy
G D’Andrea

The Unit of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis, IRCCS “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza”, S. Giovanni Rotondo, and Instituteof Geriatrics, University of Palermo, Italy
G Cappucci

The Unit of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis, IRCCS “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza”, S. Giovanni Rotondo, and Instituteof Geriatrics, University of Palermo, Italy
E Grandone

The Unit of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis, IRCCS “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza”, S. Giovanni Rotondo, and Instituteof Geriatrics, University of Palermo, Italy
N Giuliani

The Unit of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis, IRCCS “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza”, S. Giovanni Rotondo, and Instituteof Geriatrics, University of Palermo, Italy
D Colaizzo

The Unit of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis, IRCCS “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza”, S. Giovanni Rotondo, and Instituteof Geriatrics, University of Palermo, Italy
G Vecchione

The Unit of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis, IRCCS “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza”, S. Giovanni Rotondo, and Instituteof Geriatrics, University of Palermo, Italy
G Di Minno

The Unit of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis, IRCCS “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza”, S. Giovanni Rotondo, and Instituteof Geriatrics, University of Palermo, Italy

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