High Frequency of Factor V Leiden Mutation in Parsis – a Highly Endogamous Population in India

Thromb Haemost 2000; 83(06): 965
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1613952

Letters to the Editor

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Aruna Pawar

¹From the Institute of Immunohematology (ICMR), 13th Floor, New Multistoreyed Building, KEM Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, India

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Kanjaksha Ghosh

¹From the Institute of Immunohematology (ICMR), 13th Floor, New Multistoreyed Building, KEM Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, India

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Shrimati Shetty

¹From the Institute of Immunohematology (ICMR), 13th Floor, New Multistoreyed Building, KEM Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, India

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Roshan Colah

¹From the Institute of Immunohematology (ICMR), 13th Floor, New Multistoreyed Building, KEM Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, India

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Dipika Mohanty

¹From the Institute of Immunohematology (ICMR), 13th Floor, New Multistoreyed Building, KEM Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, India

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