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Thromb Haemost 2000; 83(04): 629
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1613875
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No Evidence for the CD31 C/G Gene Polymorphism as an Independent Risk Factor of Coronary Heart Disease

Andreas Gardemann
1   Institut für Klinische Chemie und Pathobiochemie
,
Andreas Knapp
1   Institut für Klinische Chemie und Pathobiochemie
,
Norbert Katz
1   Institut für Klinische Chemie und Pathobiochemie
,
Harald Tillmanns
2   Abteilung Kardiologie und Angiologie der Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Germany
,
Werner Haberbosch
2   Abteilung Kardiologie und Angiologie der Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Germany
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Received 13 April 1999

Accepted after resubmission 12 December 1999

Publication Date:
08 December 2017 (online)

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