Marburg I polymorphism of factor VII-activating protease and risk of recurrent venous thromboembolism

Thromb Haemost 2006; 95(05): 907-908
DOI: 10.1160/TH06-01-0023

Letters to the Editor

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Authors

Berthold Hoppe

¹Institute of Transfusion Medicine, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Thomas Dörner

¹Institute of Transfusion Medicine, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Holger Kiesewetter

¹Institute of Transfusion Medicine, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Abdulgabar Salama

¹Institute of Transfusion Medicine, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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