ABO blood types are associated with risk of idiopathic venous thromboembolism in the Korean population

Moon Ju Jang; Ho-Young Yhim; Jeong-Ok Lee; Yeo-Kyeoung Kim; Yang-Ki Kim; In-Ho Kim; Seonyang Park; Won-il Choi; Doyeun Oh; Duk-Kyung Kim; Hee-Jin Kim

doi:10.1160/TH11-11-0762

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 2012; 107(04): 799-801
DOI: 10.1160/TH11-11-0762

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ABO blood types are associated with risk of idiopathic venous thromboembolism in the Korean population

A report from the Korean Venous Thromboembolism Working Party (KVTEWP)

Moon Ju Jang

¹Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, CHA University, Seongnam, Korea

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Ho-Young Yhim

²Department of Internal Medicine, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju, Korea

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Jeong-Ok Lee

³Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea

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Yeo-Kyeoung Kim

⁴Department of Internal Medicine Chonnam National University College of Medicine, Gwangju, Korea

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Yang-Ki Kim

⁵Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

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In-Ho Kim

⁶Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

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Seonyang Park

⁶Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

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Won-il Choi

⁷Department of Internal Medicine, Keymyung University College of Medicine, Daegu, Korea

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Doyeun Oh

¹Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, CHA University, Seongnam, Korea

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Duk-Kyung Kim

⁸Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

⁹Cardiac and Vascular Center, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea

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Hee-Jin Kim

⁹Cardiac and Vascular Center, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea

¹⁰Department of Laboratory Medicine & Genetics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

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