Superior Sagittal Sinus Thrombosis in a Patient Heterozygous for the Novel 20210 A Allele of the Prothrombin Gene

Thromb Haemost 1998; 79(01): 235
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1614253

Letters to the Editor

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B. R. Bloem

¹From the Departments of Neurology and Hemostasis and Thrombosis Research Centre, Leiden University Medical Centre, The Netherlands

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M. J. A. M. van Putten

¹From the Departments of Neurology and Hemostasis and Thrombosis Research Centre, Leiden University Medical Centre, The Netherlands

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F. J. M. v. d. Meer

¹From the Departments of Neurology and Hemostasis and Thrombosis Research Centre, Leiden University Medical Centre, The Netherlands

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J. J. van Hilten

¹From the Departments of Neurology and Hemostasis and Thrombosis Research Centre, Leiden University Medical Centre, The Netherlands

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R. M. Bertina

¹From the Departments of Neurology and Hemostasis and Thrombosis Research Centre, Leiden University Medical Centre, The Netherlands

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