Prospective study of polymorphisms of the protein Z-dependent protease inhibitor and risk of venous thromboembolism

Aaron R. Folsom; Mary Cushman; Laura J. Rasmussen-Torvik; Susan R. Heckbert; Michael Y. Tsai

doi:10.1160/TH06-11-0636

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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

¹Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

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Mary Cushman

²Department of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA

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Laura J. Rasmussen-Torvik

¹Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

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Susan R. Heckbert

³Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA

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Michael Y. Tsai

⁴Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

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