High Frequency of Factor V Leiden Mutation and Prothrombin 20210A Variant in Romanies of Eastern Hungary

I. Balogh; R. Póka; G. Losonczy; L. Muszbek

doi:10.1055/s-0037-1614872

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 1999; 82(05): 1555-1556
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1614872

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High Frequency of Factor V Leiden Mutation and Prothrombin 20210A Variant in Romanies of Eastern Hungary

I. Balogh

¹From the Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Molecular Pathology, University Medical School, Debrecen, Hungary

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R. Póka

²Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Medical School, Debrecen, Hungary

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G. Losonczy

¹From the Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Molecular Pathology, University Medical School, Debrecen, Hungary

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L. Muszbek

¹From the Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Molecular Pathology, University Medical School, Debrecen, Hungary

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