Go-inheritance of the 20210A allele of the prothrombin gene increases the risk of thrombosis in subjects with familial thrombophilia

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1426-1429

  Makris, M ^a,b   Preston, F E ^a,b,e   Beauchamp, N J ^a,c   Cooper, P C ^a,b   Daly, M E ^a,c   Hampton, K K ^a,b   Bayliss, P ^a,b   Peake, I R ^a,c   Miller, G J ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Section of Haematology   (United Kingdom)

^c Section of Molecular Genetics   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBIN; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 6; PROTEIN C; PROTEIN S; PROTHROMBIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ANTITHROMBIN DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HEREDITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INHERITANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN C DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN S DEFICIENCY; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOPHILIA; THROMBOSIS; ADOLESCENT; FAMILY HEALTH; GENE; GENETICS; LUNG EMBOLISM; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; POINT MUTATION; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES; GREAT BRITAIN; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POINT MUTATION; PROTHROMBIN; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK FACTORS; THROMBOPHILIA; THROMBOPHLEBITIS;

EID: 0030608645     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1665427     Document Type: Article

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