Successful hunt for quantitative trait locus in thrombophilia

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 376-377

  Dahlbäck, Björn ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4B; ISOPROTEIN; PROTEIN S;

ANTICOAGULATION; EDITORIAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; THROMBOPHILIA; THROMBOSIS;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 1; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LOD SCORE; PROTEIN S; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; THROMBOPHILIA;

EID: 0037339784     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.0000061495.19622.B9     Document Type: Editorial

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