Different Distribution of the Double Mutant “T833C/68 bp Insertion” in Cystathionine β-Synthase Gene in Northern and Southern Italian Populations

Betti Giusti; Paolo Comeglio; Monica Attanasio; Anna Maria Gori; Tamara Brunelli; Domenico Prisco; Guglielmina Pepe; Gian Franco Gensini; Rosanna Abbate

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1657730

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 1997; 78(04): 1293
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1657730

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Schattauer GmbH Stuttgart

Different Distribution of the Double Mutant “T₈₃₃C/68 bp Insertion” in Cystathionine β-Synthase Gene in Northern and Southern Italian Populations

Betti Giusti

¹Istituto di Clinica Medica Generale e Cardiologia, University of Florence, Florence

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Paolo Comeglio

¹Istituto di Clinica Medica Generale e Cardiologia, University of Florence, Florence

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Monica Attanasio

¹Istituto di Clinica Medica Generale e Cardiologia, University of Florence, Florence

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Anna Maria Gori

¹Istituto di Clinica Medica Generale e Cardiologia, University of Florence, Florence

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Tamara Brunelli

¹Istituto di Clinica Medica Generale e Cardiologia, University of Florence, Florence

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Domenico Prisco

¹Istituto di Clinica Medica Generale e Cardiologia, University of Florence, Florence

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Guglielmina Pepe

¹Istituto di Clinica Medica Generale e Cardiologia, University of Florence, Florence

²Dipartimento di Biologia, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome; Italy

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Gian Franco Gensini

¹Istituto di Clinica Medica Generale e Cardiologia, University of Florence, Florence

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Rosanna Abbate

¹Istituto di Clinica Medica Generale e Cardiologia, University of Florence, Florence

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