Lack of Association between Hemochromatosis and Factor V Leiden Mutations in the Czech Population

Thromb Haemost 1999; 82(03): 1197-1198
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1614353

Letters to the Editor

Schattauer GmbH

Ingrid Hrachovinova

¹From the ¹Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, and Faculty Hospital, 1. Medical Faculty UK, Prague, Czech Republic

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Blanka Rypackova

²Department of Haematology, Faculty Hospital, 1. Medical Faculty UK, Prague, Czech Republic

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Daniel Vyoral

¹From the ¹Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, and Faculty Hospital, 1. Medical Faculty UK, Prague, Czech Republic

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