Absence of Prothrombin Mutation in Inuit (Greenland Eskimos)

Moniek P.M. de Maat; Else-Marie Bladbjerg; Lars Gehlert Johansen; Jørgen Gram; Jørgen Jespersen

doi:10.1055/s-0037-1615085

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Inhaltsverzeichnis

Thromb Haemost 1998; 79(04): 882
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1615085

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Absence of Prothrombin Mutation in Inuit (Greenland Eskimos)

Moniek P.M. de Maat

¹From the Institute for Thrombosis Research, South Jutland University Centre and Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Ribe County Hospital, Esbjerg, Denmark

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Else-Marie Bladbjerg

¹From the Institute for Thrombosis Research, South Jutland University Centre and Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Ribe County Hospital, Esbjerg, Denmark

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Lars Gehlert Johansen

¹From the Institute for Thrombosis Research, South Jutland University Centre and Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Ribe County Hospital, Esbjerg, Denmark

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Jørgen Gram

¹From the Institute for Thrombosis Research, South Jutland University Centre and Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Ribe County Hospital, Esbjerg, Denmark

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Jørgen Jespersen

¹From the Institute for Thrombosis Research, South Jutland University Centre and Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Ribe County Hospital, Esbjerg, Denmark

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