Fibrinogen γ’ and variation in fibrinogen gamma genes in the etiology of portal vein thrombosis

Jasper H. Smalberg; Edith Koehler; Sarwa Darwish Murad; Aurelie Plessier; Susana Seijo; Jonel Trebicka; Massimo Primignani; Dingeman C. Rijken; Moniek P. M. de Maat; Juan-Carlos Garcia-Pagan; Dominique C. Valla; Harry L. A. Janssen; Frank W. G. Leebeek; for the European Network for Vascular Disorders of the Liver (EN-Vie)

doi:10.1160/TH12-08-0632

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 2013; 109(03): 558-560
DOI: 10.1160/TH12-08-0632

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Fibrinogen γ’ and variation in fibrinogen gamma genes in the etiology of portal vein thrombosis

Jasper H. Smalberg

¹Department of Hematology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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Edith Koehler

²Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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Sarwa Darwish Murad

²Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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Aurelie Plessier

³Department of Hepatology, Hopital Beaujon, Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris, Inserm U773 and University Paris-7, Clichy, France

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Susana Seijo

⁴Hepatic Hemodynamic Laboratory, Liver Unit, Institut de Malalties Digestives, IDIBAPS and Ciberehd, Barcelona, Spain

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Jonel Trebicka

⁵Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

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Massimo Primignani

⁶Gastroenterology and Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Unit, Ospedale Policlinico, Mangiagalli and Regina Elena Foundation, Milan, Italy

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Dingeman C. Rijken

¹Department of Hematology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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Moniek P. M. de Maat

¹Department of Hematology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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Juan-Carlos Garcia-Pagan

⁴Hepatic Hemodynamic Laboratory, Liver Unit, Institut de Malalties Digestives, IDIBAPS and Ciberehd, Barcelona, Spain

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Dominique C. Valla

³Department of Hepatology, Hopital Beaujon, Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris, Inserm U773 and University Paris-7, Clichy, France

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Harry L. A. Janssen

²Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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Frank W. G. Leebeek

¹Department of Hematology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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for the European Network for Vascular Disorders of the Liver (EN-Vie)

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