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Coagulation factor XIII polymorphisms and the risk of myocardial infarction and ischaemic stroke in young women.
British journal of haematology - 1 Feb 2002
Reiner Alexander P, Frank Michele B, Schwartz Stephen M, Linenberger Michael L, Longstreth W T, Teramura Gayle, Rosendaal Frits R, Psaty Bruce M, Siscovick David S
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The inconsistent findings among association studies that have examined the relationship between factor XIIIA Val34Leu and thrombosis may be owing to (1) population differences in the prevalence of other risk factors that modify the association with Val34Leu, or (2) linkage disequilibrium with other functional factor XIIIA polymorphisms. We therefore performed genotyping for factor XIIIA Val34Leu, Tyr204Phe and...
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