Thromb Haemost 2011; 106(02): 379-381
DOI: 10.1160/TH11-02-0066
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Arterial and venous thrombosis and prothrombotic fibrin clot phenotype in a Polish family with type 1 antithrombin deficiency (antithrombin Krakow)

Magdalena Celinska-Lowenhoff
1   II Department of Internal Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland
,
Teresa Iwaniec
1   II Department of Internal Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland
,
Martine Alhenc-Gelas
3   Hématologie biologique, AP-HP Hôpital Européen G. Pompidou, Paris, France
,
Jacek Musial
1   II Department of Internal Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland
,
Anetta Undas
1   II Department of Internal Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland
2   Institute of Cardiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland
› Author Affiliations
Financial support: This study has been supported by a grant of Jagiellonian University (no. K/ZDS/000565 to A.U.) and by the DHOS (Direction de l’Hospitalisation et de l’Organisation des Soins) program ″Soutien financier en faveur des laboratoires pratiquant le diagnostic par génétique moléculaire des maladies rares″ (to M.A.-G.).
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Publication History

Received: 02 February 2011

Accepted after major revision: 15 May 2011

Publication Date:
25 November 2017 (online)

 

 
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