Familial pernicious anaemia with hyperhomocysteinaemia in recurrent early pregnancy loss

Jean-Louis Guéant; Mirande Candito; Emmanuel Andres; Emmanuel Van Obberghen; Jean-Pierre Nicolas

doi:10.1055/s-0037-1614292

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 2004; 92(05): 1147-1149
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1614292

Case Report

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Familial pernicious anaemia with hyperhomocysteinaemia in recurrent early pregnancy loss

Authors

Jean-Louis Guéant

¹INSERM-0014, University Hospital of Nancy, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France
Mirande Candito

²Laboratory of Biochemistry, University Hospital of Nice, Nice, France
Emmanuel Andres

³Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Strasbourg, France
Emmanuel Van Obberghen

²Laboratory of Biochemistry, University Hospital of Nice, Nice, France
Jean-Pierre Nicolas

¹INSERM-0014, University Hospital of Nancy, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France

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