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Thromb Haemost 1997; 78(03): 1161-1162
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1657706
Letter to the Editor
Schattauer GmbH Stuttgart

Prevalence of Factor V Leiden in Accelerated Forms of Coronary Artery Disease

James C Fang
The Cardiovascular Division (JCF, PMR), Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA and the Division of Laboratory Medicine (JPM), Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
,
Joseph P Miletich
The Cardiovascular Division (JCF, PMR), Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA and the Division of Laboratory Medicine (JPM), Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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Paul M Ridker
The Cardiovascular Division (JCF, PMR), Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA and the Division of Laboratory Medicine (JPM), Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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Received 18 1997

Accepted after revision 05 May 1997

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12 July 2018 (online)

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