Low Protein Z Associated with Venous Thrombophilia and with Ischemic Stroke

Jan Jacques Michiels

doi:10.1055/s-2002-32035

Seminars in Vascular Medicine, Table of Contents

Semin Vasc Med 2002; 2(2): 121-124
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-32035

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Low Protein Z Associated with Venous Thrombophilia and with Ischemic Stroke

Jan Jacques Michiels

The Goodheart Institute, Hemostasis Thrombosis Research and Vascular Medicine, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, and University Hospital Antwerp, Belgium

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