The Role of ABO Blood Groups in the Incidence of Deep Vein Thrombosis

Thromb Haemost 1998; 79(03): 688-689
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1614970

Letters to the Editor

Schattauer GmbH

J. C. Wautrecht

¹Department of Vascular Diseases, Erasme University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium

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C. Galle

¹Department of Vascular Diseases, Erasme University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium

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S. Motte

¹Department of Vascular Diseases, Erasme University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium

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J. P. Dereume

¹Department of Vascular Diseases, Erasme University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium

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M. Dramaix

²Public Health School, Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium

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