Phenotypic but not allelic ABO blood group association with risk of venous thrombosis

Thromb Haemost 2005; 93(02): 388-389
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1616254

Letters to the Editor

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Bernard Mercier

¹Genetic Laboratory and the Department of Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Brest, France

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Emmanuel Oger

¹Genetic Laboratory and the Department of Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Brest, France

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Gregoire Le Gal

¹Genetic Laboratory and the Department of Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Brest, France

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Dominique Mottier

¹Genetic Laboratory and the Department of Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Brest, France

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Claude Ferec

¹Genetic Laboratory and the Department of Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Brest, France

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