Rebuttal: The French Gypsy mutation does not give rise to a particularly mild form of Glazmann's thrombasthenia

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 1, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2459-

  Nurden, A T ^a   Nurden, P ^a  

^a HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ETHNOLOGY; FRANCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GIPSY; GLANZMANN DISEASE; HUMAN; MUTATION; NOTE; PHENOTYPE;

FRANCE; GYPSIES; HUMANS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; THROMBASTHENIA;

EID: 4444242328     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1538-7836.2003.0468g.x     Document Type: Letter

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