Asymptomatic homozygous nt 20210 G to A prothrombin polymorphism in two blood donors belonging to two different kindreds

Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 48-51

  Girolami, Antonio ^a,b   Simioni, Paolo ^a   Manfrin, Davide ^a   Tormene, Daniela ^a   Luni, Sonia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

20210 G to A abnormality; Polymorphism; Prothrombin; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PROTHROMBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD DONOR; CASE REPORT; CONTRACEPTION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; RISK FACTOR; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0032960143     PISSN: 10760296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107602969900500110     Document Type: Article

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