Incidence of Arg506 → GIn Mutation (Factor V Leiden) in Pima Indians

Hans P Kohler; May Boothby; Lynn McCormack; William C Knowler; Peter J Grant

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1657662

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 1997; 78(02): 961-962
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1657662

Letter to the Editor

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Incidence of Arg506 → GIn Mutation (Factor V Leiden) in Pima Indians

Hans P Kohler

¹The Unit of Molecular Vascular Medicine, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Leeds, UK

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May Boothby

¹The Unit of Molecular Vascular Medicine, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Leeds, UK

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Lynn McCormack

¹The Unit of Molecular Vascular Medicine, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Leeds, UK

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William C Knowler

²The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Phoenix, Arizona, USA

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Peter J Grant

¹The Unit of Molecular Vascular Medicine, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Leeds, UK

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