The Ala25-Thr Mutation in the Thrombomodulin Gene Is not Frequent in Swedish Patients Suffering from Ischemic Heart Disease

Lena Norlund; Johan Holm; Bengt Zöller; Ann-Kristin Öhlin

doi:10.1055/s-0037-1614398

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 1999; 82(04): 1367-1368
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1614398

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The Ala²⁵-Thr Mutation in the Thrombomodulin Gene Is not Frequent in Swedish Patients Suffering from Ischemic Heart Disease

Authors

Lena Norlund

¹From the Department of Laboratory Medicine, Division of Clinical Chemistry, and the University of Lund, University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden
Johan Holm

²Department of Cardiology, and the University of Lund, University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden
Bengt Zöller

³Department of Medicine, University of Lund, University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden
Ann-Kristin Öhlin

¹From the Department of Laboratory Medicine, Division of Clinical Chemistry, and the University of Lund, University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden

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