In the Presence of other Inherited or Acquired High-risk Situations, the FV Cambridge Mutation May Be an Additional Thrombophilic Risk Factor, through Its Effect on APC Sensitivity

Rosa Santacroce; Anna Bossone; Vincenzo Brancaccio; Paolo Fortina; Maurizio Margaglione

doi:10.1055/s-0037-1613951

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Inhaltsverzeichnis

Thromb Haemost 2000; 83(06): 963-964
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1613951

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In the Presence of other Inherited or Acquired High-risk Situations, the FV Cambridge Mutation May Be an Additional Thrombophilic Risk Factor, through Its Effect on APC Sensitivity

Rosa Santacroce

From Unita’ di Aterosclerosi e Trombosi, I.R.C.C.S. “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza”, S. Giovanni Rotondo, Divisione di Ematologia, Unità di Coagulazione, Ospedale “A. Cardarelli”, Napoli, Istituto di Medicina Interna e Geriatria, Università di Palermo, Italy; and Molecular Biology Diagnostic Unit, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, USA

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Anna Bossone

From Unita’ di Aterosclerosi e Trombosi, I.R.C.C.S. “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza”, S. Giovanni Rotondo, Divisione di Ematologia, Unità di Coagulazione, Ospedale “A. Cardarelli”, Napoli, Istituto di Medicina Interna e Geriatria, Università di Palermo, Italy; and Molecular Biology Diagnostic Unit, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, USA

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Vincenzo Brancaccio

From Unita’ di Aterosclerosi e Trombosi, I.R.C.C.S. “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza”, S. Giovanni Rotondo, Divisione di Ematologia, Unità di Coagulazione, Ospedale “A. Cardarelli”, Napoli, Istituto di Medicina Interna e Geriatria, Università di Palermo, Italy; and Molecular Biology Diagnostic Unit, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, USA

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Paolo Fortina

From Unita’ di Aterosclerosi e Trombosi, I.R.C.C.S. “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza”, S. Giovanni Rotondo, Divisione di Ematologia, Unità di Coagulazione, Ospedale “A. Cardarelli”, Napoli, Istituto di Medicina Interna e Geriatria, Università di Palermo, Italy; and Molecular Biology Diagnostic Unit, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, USA

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Maurizio Margaglione

From Unita’ di Aterosclerosi e Trombosi, I.R.C.C.S. “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza”, S. Giovanni Rotondo, Divisione di Ematologia, Unità di Coagulazione, Ospedale “A. Cardarelli”, Napoli, Istituto di Medicina Interna e Geriatria, Università di Palermo, Italy; and Molecular Biology Diagnostic Unit, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, USA

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