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Thromb Haemost 2009; 102(02): 418-420
DOI: 10.1160/TH09-04-0217
Letter to the Editor
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Polymorphisms in VKORC1 and GGCX are not major genetic determinants of vitamin K-dependent coagulation factor activity in Western Germans

Matthias Watzka  
1   Institute of Experimental Haematology and Transfusion Medicine, University Clinic Bonn, Bonn, Germany
,
Philipp Westhofen  
1   Institute of Experimental Haematology and Transfusion Medicine, University Clinic Bonn, Bonn, Germany
,
Moritz Hass
1   Institute of Experimental Haematology and Transfusion Medicine, University Clinic Bonn, Bonn, Germany
,
Milka Marinova
1   Institute of Experimental Haematology and Transfusion Medicine, University Clinic Bonn, Bonn, Germany
,
Bernd Pötzsch
1   Institute of Experimental Haematology and Transfusion Medicine, University Clinic Bonn, Bonn, Germany
,
Johannes Oldenburg
1   Institute of Experimental Haematology and Transfusion Medicine, University Clinic Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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Received: 01 April 2009

Accepted after minor revision: 01 May 2009

Publication Date:
22 November 2017 (online)

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