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Thromb Haemost 1996; 75(02): 376-377
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1650280
Letter to the Editor
Schattauer GmbH Stuttgart

DNA Length Polymorphism Present in the Antithrombin III Promoter Region Does not Influence Plasma Antithrombin III Activity Levels

René W L M Niessen
The Emma Children’s Hospital AMC, Center for Hemostasis, Thrombosis, Atherosclerosis and Inflammation Research, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, and Dept, of Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Roy J Lamping
The Emma Children’s Hospital AMC, Center for Hemostasis, Thrombosis, Atherosclerosis and Inflammation Research, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, and Dept, of Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Augueste Sturk
The Emma Children’s Hospital AMC, Center for Hemostasis, Thrombosis, Atherosclerosis and Inflammation Research, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, and Dept, of Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Marjolein Peters
The Emma Children’s Hospital AMC, Center for Hemostasis, Thrombosis, Atherosclerosis and Inflammation Research, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, and Dept, of Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Received: 31 August 1995

Accepted after revision23 October 1995

Publication Date:
26 July 2018 (online)

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