Coagulation Factor IX Propeptide Mutations Causing Coumarin Hypersensitivity: Identification of Female Alanine-10 Valine Heterozygotes

Lukas Bestmann; Max Züger; Johannes Oldenburg; Damian Bühler; Friedrich E. Maly

doi:10.1055/s-0037-1615629

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 2001; 85(03): 567-568
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1615629

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Coagulation Factor IX Propeptide Mutations Causing Coumarin Hypersensitivity: Identification of Female Alanine-10 Valine Heterozygotes

Lukas Bestmann^*

¹Institute of Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland

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Max Züger^*

¹Institute of Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland

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Johannes Oldenburg

²Institute of Experimental Haematology and Transfusion Medicine, University of Bonn, Germany

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Damian Bühler

¹Institute of Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland

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Friedrich E. Maly

¹Institute of Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland

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