Who should be tested for thrombophilia?

Genet Med

Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.

Published: January 2011

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