High prevalence of prothrombin G20210A mutation among patients with deep venous thrombosis in Lebanon

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 945-946

  Taher, Ali ^b   Khalil, Ismail ^b   Abou Merhi, Raghida ^b   Shamseddine, Ali ^b   Bazarbachi, Ali ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5 LEIDEN; DNA; PROTHROMBIN;

ADULT; AGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA EXTRACTION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SCREENING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEBANON; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELATIVE; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037954204     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1613484     Document Type: Letter

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