Absence of the Prothrombin Gene Variant in Koreans

Thromb Haemost 1999; 81(06): 990
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1614612

Letters to the Editor

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Kyung Soon Song

¹From Department of Clinical Pathology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul Korea

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Young Sook Park

¹From Department of Clinical Pathology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul Korea

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Hyun Kyung Kim

¹From Department of Clinical Pathology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul Korea

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Jong Rak Choi

¹From Department of Clinical Pathology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul Korea

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