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Thromb Haemost 2003; 90(06): 1223-1226
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1613430
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Drotrecogin alfa (activated) prolongs half-life time of messenger RNA encoding for Interleukin-8 and Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1

Martina Brueckmann
,
Siegfried Lang
,
Martin Borggrefe
,
Guenter Huhle   *
,
Karl Konstantin Haase
Financial support: This work was supported by a grant of the Faculty of Clinical Medicine Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Germany, and by an unristricted research grant of Lilly, Germany, and by the Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis (Gesellschaft für Thrombose- und Hämostaseforschung e. V.
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Received 25 June 2003

Accepted after revision 18 September 2003

Publication Date:
09 December 2017 (online)

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* GH is affiliated to Eli Lilly and Company, Lilly Germany GmbH, Bad Homburg


 

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