Genetic variation in the fibrinogen gene cluster

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 401-402

  de Maat, Moniek P M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ARGININE; FIBRINOGEN; LYSINE; THREONINE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHROMOSOME 4Q; EDITORIAL; FIBRIN CLOT; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FIBRINOGEN SYNTHESIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 15344349533     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1616567     Document Type: Editorial

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