Are the laboratory results (phenotype) indicative of a true genotype abnormality?

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 173-175

  Marlar, Richard A ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN S; THROMBIN;

CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; FIBRIN FORMATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN S DEFICIENCY; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOPHILIA; THROMBOSIS; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

GENOTYPE; HUMANS; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN S; PROTEIN S DEFICIENCY; REFERENCE VALUES; THROMBOPHILIA;

EID: 84856404047     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: 19437722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCP7SBB6MQKHSFH     Document Type: Editorial

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