Risk of Myocardial Infarction in Carriers of Mutations in the Hemochromatosis-associated Gene

Maurizio Margaglione; Augusto Di Castelnuovo; Angela Totaro; Licia Iacoviello; Giovanni Di Minno

doi:10.1055/s-0037-1614096

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 2000; 84(04): 726-727
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1614096

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Risk of Myocardial Infarction in Carriers of Mutations in the Hemochromatosis-associated Gene

Maurizio Margaglione

¹From Unita’ di Aterosclerosi e Trombosi

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Augusto Di Castelnuovo

³Dipartimento di Medicina Vascolare e Far-macologia, Consorzio “Mario Negri Sud”, Santa Maria Imbaro

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Angela Totaro

²Servizio di Genetica Medica, I.R.C.C.S. “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza”, S. Giovanni Rotondo, Laboratorio “Angela Valenti” dei Fattori Genetici e Ambien-tali di Rischio Trombotico

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Licia Iacoviello

³Dipartimento di Medicina Vascolare e Far-macologia, Consorzio “Mario Negri Sud”, Santa Maria Imbaro

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Giovanni Di Minno

⁴Istituto di Medicina Interna e Geriatria, Universita di Palermo, Italy

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