Genetic variants and risk for venous thromboembolic events: Summing up the evidence

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 183-184

  Kurnik, Daniel ^a,b   Lubetsky, Aaron ^a,b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5 LEIDEN;

ALLELE; EDITORIAL; FIBRINOLYSIS; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOPHILIA; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; NOTE;

GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 70350462044     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1160/TH09-06-0350     Document Type: Editorial

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