Four Novel Polymorphisms in the Fibrinogen Aα Gene

Vivienne M. Homer; Stephen O. Brennan; Peter M. George

doi:10.1055/s-0037-1613005

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 2002; 87(02): 354-355
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1613005

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Four Novel Polymorphisms in the Fibrinogen Aα Gene

Vivienne M. Homer

¹Molecular Pathology Laboratory, Canterbury Health Laboratories Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand

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Stephen O. Brennan

¹Molecular Pathology Laboratory, Canterbury Health Laboratories Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand

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Peter M. George

¹Molecular Pathology Laboratory, Canterbury Health Laboratories Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand

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