Venous thrombosis in older people: Prevalence of the factor v gene mutation Q506

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1160-1161

  Ruse, C E ^a   Parker, S G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5;

AGED; FAMILY STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GERONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; LETTER; PREVALENCE; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0032827504     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1999.tb05253.x     Document Type: Letter

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