The venous thrombosis risk factor 20210 A allele of the prothrombin gene is not a major risk factor for arterial thrombotic disease

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 304-307

  Corral, Javier ^a   Gonzalez Conejero, Rocio ^a   Lozano, Maria L ^a   Rivera, Jose ^a   Heras, Inmaculada ^a   Vicente, Vicente ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO REINA SOFÍA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MORALES MESEGUER   (Spain)

Author keywords

20210 A allele; Arterial disease; Polymorphism; Prothrombin gene; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

PROTHROMBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0030664938     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1997.3943208.x     Document Type: Article

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