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Thromb Haemost 2000; 83(03): 511
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1613847
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The C 536T Transition in the Tissue Factor Pathway Inhibitor Gene Is not a Common Cause of Venous Thromboembolic Disease in the UK Population

G. D. Evans
1   From the Addenbrookes NHS Trust, Cambridge, UK
,
J. Langdown
1   From the Addenbrookes NHS Trust, Cambridge, UK
,
K. Brown
1   From the Addenbrookes NHS Trust, Cambridge, UK
,
T. P. Baglin
1   From the Addenbrookes NHS Trust, Cambridge, UK
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Received 21 September 1999

Accepted 25 October 1999

Publication Date:
14 December 2017 (online)

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