Management of Bleeding Using Recombinant Factor VIIa in a Patient Suffering from Bleeding Tendency due to a Lupus Anticoagulant-hypoprothrombinemia Syndrome

Mette Holm; Rinette Andreasen; Jørgen Ingerslev

doi:10.1055/s-0037-1614919

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Inhaltsverzeichnis

Thromb Haemost 1999; 82(06): 1776-1778
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1614919

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Management of Bleeding Using Recombinant Factor VIIa in a Patient Suffering from Bleeding Tendency due to a Lupus Anticoagulant-hypoprothrombinemia Syndrome

Mette Holm

¹From the University Department of Haematology, and Centre for Haemophilia and Thrombosis, Department of Clinical Immunology, University Hospital Aarhus, Denmark

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Rinette Andreasen

²Novo Nordisk A/S, Gentofte, Denmark

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Jørgen Ingerslev

³Centre for Haemophilia and Thrombosis, Department of Clinical Immunology, University Hospital Aarhus, Denmark

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