A polymorphic cluster in the 5' region of the human coagulation factor VII gene: Detection, frequency, and linkage disequilibrium

Thrombosis Research

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 445-448

  Dell'Acqua, Giorgio ^a   Iacoviello, Licia ^a,b   D'Orazio, Andria ^a   Di Bitondo, Rosa ^a   Di Castelnuovo, Augusto ^a   Donati, Maria Benedetta ^a  

^a Angela Valenti Lab Thromb P   (Italy)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Factor VII; Linkage disequilibrium; Polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7; CYTOSINE; DNA; THYMINE;

ARTICLE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

EID: 0031461964     PISSN: 00493848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0049-3848(97)00273-9     Document Type: Short Survey

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