Factor XI protein in human pancreas and kidney

Qiufang Cheng; Jeanelle Kantz; Greg Poffenberger; Alvin C. Powers; David Gailani

doi:10.1160/TH08-04-0260

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 2008; 100(01): 158-160
DOI: 10.1160/TH08-04-0260

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Factor XI protein in human pancreas and kidney

Qiufang Cheng

¹Departments of Pathology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA

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Jeanelle Kantz

²Molecular Biology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA

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Greg Poffenberger

³Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA

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Alvin C. Powers

¹Departments of Pathology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA

³Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA

⁴VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, Tennessee, USA

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David Gailani

¹Departments of Pathology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA

³Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA

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