Factor VII Polymorphisms and Myocardial Infarction: What Is Special in Italians?

Thromb Haemost 2001; 85(04): 746-747
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1615665

Letters to the Editor

Schattauer GmbH

René J. Nederhand

¹Gaubius Laboratory TNO-PG, Leiden, The Netherlands

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Moniek P. M. de Maat

¹Gaubius Laboratory TNO-PG, Leiden, The Netherlands

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J. Wouter Jukema

¹Gaubius Laboratory TNO-PG, Leiden, The Netherlands

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the REGRESS study group

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