Polymorphisms in VKORC1 and GGCX are not major genetic determinants of vitamin K-dependent coagulation factor activity in Western Germans

Matthias Watzka; Philipp Westhofen; Moritz Hass; Milka Marinova; Bernd Pötzsch; Johannes Oldenburg

doi:10.1160/TH09-04-0217

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 2009; 102(02): 418-420
DOI: 10.1160/TH09-04-0217

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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

¹Institute of Experimental Haematology and Transfusion Medicine, University Clinic Bonn, Bonn, Germany

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Philipp Westhofen

¹Institute of Experimental Haematology and Transfusion Medicine, University Clinic Bonn, Bonn, Germany

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Moritz Hass

¹Institute of Experimental Haematology and Transfusion Medicine, University Clinic Bonn, Bonn, Germany

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Milka Marinova

¹Institute of Experimental Haematology and Transfusion Medicine, University Clinic Bonn, Bonn, Germany

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Bernd Pötzsch

¹Institute of Experimental Haematology and Transfusion Medicine, University Clinic Bonn, Bonn, Germany

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Johannes Oldenburg

¹Institute of Experimental Haematology and Transfusion Medicine, University Clinic Bonn, Bonn, Germany

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