Intronic c.573+79G>A polymorphism of protein Z gene in haemorrhagic and ischaemic stroke

Víctor Obach; Xavier Muñoz; Núria Sala; Pablo García de Frutos; Ángel Chamorro

doi:10.1160/TH05-12-0792

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Inhaltsverzeichnis

Thromb Haemost 2006; 95(06): 1040-1041
DOI: 10.1160/TH05-12-0792

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Intronic c.573+79G>A polymorphism of protein Z gene in haemorrhagic and ischaemic stroke

Víctor Obach

¹Stroke Unit, Neurology Service and Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain

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Xavier Muñoz

²Centre de Genètica Mèdica i Molecular, Institut de Recerca Oncològica-IDIBELL, l’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain

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Núria Sala

²Centre de Genètica Mèdica i Molecular, Institut de Recerca Oncològica-IDIBELL, l’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain

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Pablo García de Frutos

³Department of Neurological and Vascular Research, Institute for Biomedical Research of Barcelona, IIBB-CSIC-IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain

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Ángel Chamorro

¹Stroke Unit, Neurology Service and Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain

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