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Thromb Haemost 1999; 81(04): 658
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1614542
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Cigarette Smoking Doubles the Risk of Myocardial Infarction in Carriers of a Protective Polymorphism in the Blood Coagulation Factor VII Gene

Licia Iacoviello
1   From Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Unit of Genetics of Vascular Risk Factors, “Angela Valenti” Laboratory of Thrombosis Pharmacology, Department of Vascular Medicine and Pharmacology, Consorzio Mario Negri Sud, Santa Maria Imbaro, Italy
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Augusto Di Castelnuovo
1   From Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Unit of Genetics of Vascular Risk Factors, “Angela Valenti” Laboratory of Thrombosis Pharmacology, Department of Vascular Medicine and Pharmacology, Consorzio Mario Negri Sud, Santa Maria Imbaro, Italy
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Andria D’Orazio
1   From Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Unit of Genetics of Vascular Risk Factors, “Angela Valenti” Laboratory of Thrombosis Pharmacology, Department of Vascular Medicine and Pharmacology, Consorzio Mario Negri Sud, Santa Maria Imbaro, Italy
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Maria Benedetta Donati
1   From Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Unit of Genetics of Vascular Risk Factors, “Angela Valenti” Laboratory of Thrombosis Pharmacology, Department of Vascular Medicine and Pharmacology, Consorzio Mario Negri Sud, Santa Maria Imbaro, Italy
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Received 23 October 1998

Accepted after revision 16 December 1998

Publication Date:
09 December 2017 (online)

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