C-reactive Protein, Idiopathic Venous Thromboembolism and Hormone Replacement Therapy

Gordon Lowe; Ann Rumley; Mark Woodward; Martin Vessey

doi:10.1055/s-0037-1614099

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Inhaltsverzeichnis

Thromb Haemost 2000; 84(04): 730-731
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1614099

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C-reactive Protein, Idiopathic Venous Thromboembolism and Hormone Replacement Therapy

Gordon Lowe

¹From the University Department of Medicine, Royal Infirmary, Glasgow

,

Ann Rumley

¹From the University Department of Medicine, Royal Infirmary, Glasgow

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Mark Woodward

²Department of Applied Statistics, University of Reading, University of Oxford, UK

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Martin Vessey

³Department of Public Health, University of Oxford, UK

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