Protein C Gene Polymorphism and Hypertensive Cerebrovascular Disease in Japanese

Thromb Haemost 1998; 79(06): 1215-1216
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1615044

Letters to the Editor

Schattauer GmbH

Kazuomi Kario

¹From the Department of Cardiology, Jichi Medical School, Yakushiji, Minamikawachi, Kawachi, Tochigi, Japan

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Rohit Kumar Pokharel

¹Division of Genetics, International Center for Medical Research, Kobe University School of Medicine, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

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Satoshi Hoshide

¹From the Department of Cardiology, Jichi Medical School, Yakushiji, Minamikawachi, Kawachi, Tochigi, Japan

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Kazuyuki Shimada

¹From the Department of Cardiology, Jichi Medical School, Yakushiji, Minamikawachi, Kawachi, Tochigi, Japan

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Masafumi Matsuo

¹Division of Genetics, International Center for Medical Research, Kobe University School of Medicine, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

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