High Frequency of Factor V Leiden in a Population of Israeli Arabs

Ephraim Rosen; Paul Renbaum; Judith Heyd; Ephrat Levy-Lahad

doi:10.1055/s-0037-1614912

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 1999; 82(06): 1768
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1614912

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High Frequency of Factor V Leiden in a Population of Israeli Arabs

Authors

Ephraim Rosen

¹From the Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Genetics Laboratory, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
Paul Renbaum

¹From the Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Genetics Laboratory, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
Judith Heyd

¹From the Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Genetics Laboratory, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
Ephrat Levy-Lahad

¹From the Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Genetics Laboratory, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel

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