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Population differences in the frequency of the factor V Leiden variant among people with clinically symptomatic protein C deficiency.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Jul 1995
Hallam P J, Millar D S, Krawczak M, Kakkar V V, Cooper D N
Abstract excerpt
The factor V Leiden variant, responsible for the phenomenon of activated protein C resistance, was found to be less frequent among British (0.06) and Swedish/Danish (0.15) protein C deficiency patients than previously reported in a Dutch study (0.19). In the Swedish population, a significantly increased frequency of the factor V Leiden allele was apparent in protein C deficiency patients as compared to healthy...
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