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Protein S deficiency in patients from the French Basque Country with various thrombotic conditions: a rarer inherited trait in autochthonous individuals?

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Bauduer, F. Protein S deficiency in patients from the French Basque Country with various thrombotic conditions: a rarer inherited trait in autochthonous individuals?. J Thromb Thrombolysis 46, 244–245 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11239-018-1681-7

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