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Thromb Haemost 2000; 83(03): 513-514
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1613849
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A Novel Variant of the Platelet Glycoprotein Ibα Macroglycopeptide Region Lacks any Copies of the “ Perfect” 13 Amino Acid Repeat

Clare Muckian
1   From the Surgen Ltd, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
2   Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
,
A. Hillmann
2   Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
,
D. Kenny
2   Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
,
Denis C. Shields
1   From the Surgen Ltd, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
2   Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
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Received 21 September 1999

Accepted after revision 04 November 1999

Publication Date:
14 December 2017 (online)

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