Haplotypic or genotypic combinations of three protein Z polymorphisms influence protein Z plasma level

Véronique Le Cam-Duchez; Virginie Barbay; Claire Bal dit Sollier; Ludovic Drouet; Mathieu Coudert; Claudine Soria; Jeanne-Yvonne Borg

doi:10.1160/TH08-07-0478

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 2009; 101(01): 212-214
DOI: 10.1160/TH08-07-0478

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Haplotypic or genotypic combinations of three protein Z polymorphisms influence protein Z plasma level

Véronique Le Cam-Duchez

¹Unit of Vascular Haemostasis, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France

²EA3829 (Research Group MERCI), Institute for Biomedical Research, University of Rouen, Rouen, France

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Virginie Barbay

¹Unit of Vascular Haemostasis, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France

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Claire Bal dit Sollier

³Haematology Laboratory, Lariboisière University Hospital, Paris, France

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Ludovic Drouet

³Haematology Laboratory, Lariboisière University Hospital, Paris, France

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Mathieu Coudert

⁴APHP, PitiéSalpêtrière Charles-Foix Clinical Research Unit, Paris, France

⁵UPMC Univ Paris 06, EA 3974, Modelling in Clinical Research, Paris, France

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Claudine Soria

²EA3829 (Research Group MERCI), Institute for Biomedical Research, University of Rouen, Rouen, France

³Haematology Laboratory, Lariboisière University Hospital, Paris, France

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Jeanne-Yvonne Borg

¹Unit of Vascular Haemostasis, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France

²EA3829 (Research Group MERCI), Institute for Biomedical Research, University of Rouen, Rouen, France

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