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Thromb Haemost 2007; 97(03): 493-494
DOI: 10.1160/TH06-11-0636
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Prospective study of polymorphisms of the protein Z-dependent protease inhibitor and risk of venous thromboembolism

Aaron R. Folsom
1   Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
,
Mary Cushman
2   Department of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA
,
Laura J. Rasmussen-Torvik
1   Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
,
Susan R. Heckbert
3   Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
,
Michael Y. Tsai
4   Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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Received 08 November 2006

Accepted after revision 07 January 2006

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28 November 2017 (online)

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